US11969216B2 - Surgical network recommendations from real time analysis of procedure variables against a baseline highlighting differences from the optimal solution - Google Patents

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US11969216B2 US16/182,290 US201816182290A US11969216B2 US 11969216 B2 US11969216 B2 US 11969216B2 US 201816182290 A US201816182290 A US 201816182290A US 11969216 B2 US11969216 B2 US 11969216B2
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  • Surgical procedures are typically performed in surgical operating theaters or rooms in a healthcare facility such as, for example, a hospital.
  • a sterile field is typically created around the patient.
  • the sterile field may include the scrubbed team members, who are properly attired, and all furniture and fixtures in the area.
  • Various surgical devices and systems are utilized in performance of a surgical procedure.
  • a computer system configured to be communicably coupled to a surgical device.
  • the computer system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor.
  • the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to: receive perioperative data from the surgical device; determine a surgical context based at least in part on the perioperative data; determine a procedural variable associated with the surgical context; compare the procedural variable to a baseline for the procedural variable, the baseline corresponding to the surgical context; and provide a notification according to whether the procedural variable deviates from the baseline for the procedural variable.
  • a computer-implemented method for providing recommendations associated with a surgical procedure comprising: receiving, by a computer system, perioperative data from a surgical device; determining, by the computer system, a surgical context based at least in part on the perioperative data; determining, by the computer system, a procedural variable associated with the surgical context; comparing, by the computer system, the procedural variable to a baseline for the procedural variable, the baseline corresponding to the surgical context; and providing, by the computer system, a notification according to whether the procedural variable deviates from the baseline for the procedural variable.
  • a computer system configured to be communicably coupled to a surgical device and a video camera.
  • the computer system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor.
  • the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to: record a surgical procedure via the video camera; receive perioperative data from the surgical device; determine a surgical context based at least in part on the perioperative data; determine a procedural variable associated with the surgical context; compare the procedural variable to a baseline for the procedural variable, the baseline corresponding to the surgical context; and replay a recording of the surgical procedure, the recording including a notification according to whether the procedural variable deviates from the baseline for the procedural variable.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a computer-implemented interactive surgical system, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is a surgical system being used to perform a surgical procedure in an operating room, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 3 is a surgical hub paired with a visualization system, a robotic system, and an intelligent instrument, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view of a surgical hub enclosure, and of a combo generator module slidably receivable in a drawer of the surgical hub enclosure, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a combo generator module with bipolar, ultrasonic, and monopolar contacts and a smoke evacuation component, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates individual power bus attachments for a plurality of lateral docking ports of a lateral modular housing configured to receive a plurality of modules, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a vertical modular housing configured to receive a plurality of modules, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a surgical data network comprising a modular communication hub configured to connect modular devices located in one or more operating theaters of a healthcare facility, or any room in a healthcare facility specially equipped for surgical operations, to the cloud, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a computer-implemented interactive surgical system, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a surgical hub comprising a plurality of modules coupled to the modular control tower, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates one aspect of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) network hub device, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • USB Universal Serial Bus
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a cloud computing system comprising a plurality of smart surgical instruments coupled to surgical hubs that may connect to the cloud component of the cloud computing system, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 13 is a functional module architecture of a cloud computing system, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates a diagram of a situationally aware surgical system, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 15 is a timeline depicting situational awareness of a surgical hub, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 16 is a logic flow diagram for a process of providing surgical recommendations, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 17 is a series of graphical displays of a video feed of a surgeon dissecting a vessel to present for transection, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 18 is a graphical user interface for replaying a surgical procedure, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 19 is a graphical user interface for viewing a recommendation associated with a surgical procedure and its underlying historical data, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • a computer-implemented interactive surgical system 100 includes one or more surgical systems 102 and a cloud-based system (e.g., the cloud 104 that may include a remote server 113 coupled to a storage device 105 ).
  • Each surgical system 102 includes at least one surgical hub 106 in communication with the cloud 104 that may include a remote server 113 .
  • the surgical system 102 includes a visualization system 108 , a robotic system 110 , and a handheld intelligent surgical instrument 112 , which are configured to communicate with one another and/or the hub 106 .
  • a surgical system 102 may include an M number of hubs 106 , an N number of visualization systems 108 , an 0 number of robotic systems 110 , and a P number of handheld intelligent surgical instruments 112 , where M, N, 0 , and P are integers greater than or equal to one.
  • FIG. 2 depicts an example of a surgical system 102 being used to perform a surgical procedure on a patient who is lying down on an operating table 114 in a surgical operating room 116 .
  • a robotic system 110 is used in the surgical procedure as a part of the surgical system 102 .
  • the robotic system 110 includes a surgeon's console 118 , a patient side cart 120 (surgical robot), and a surgical robotic hub 122 .
  • the patient side cart 120 can manipulate at least one removably coupled surgical tool 117 through a minimally invasive incision in the body of the patient while the surgeon views the surgical site through the surgeon's console 118 .
  • An image of the surgical site can be obtained by a medical imaging device 124 , which can be manipulated by the patient side cart 120 to orient the imaging device 124 .
  • the robotic hub 122 can be used to process the images of the surgical site for subsequent display to the surgeon through the surgeon's console 118 .
  • the imaging device 124 includes at least one image sensor and one or more optical components.
  • Suitable image sensors include, but are not limited to, Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) sensors and Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) sensors.
  • CCD Charge-Coupled Device
  • CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
  • the optical components of the imaging device 124 may include one or more illumination sources and/or one or more lenses.
  • the one or more illumination sources may be directed to illuminate portions of the surgical field.
  • the one or more image sensors may receive light reflected or refracted from the surgical field, including light reflected or refracted from tissue and/or surgical instruments.
  • the one or more illumination sources may be configured to radiate electromagnetic energy in the visible spectrum as well as the invisible spectrum.
  • the visible spectrum sometimes referred to as the optical spectrum or luminous spectrum, is that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to (i.e., can be detected by) the human eye and may be referred to as visible light or simply light.
  • a typical human eye will respond to wavelengths in air that are from about 380 nm to about 750 nm.
  • the invisible spectrum is that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that lies below and above the visible spectrum (i.e., wavelengths below about 380 nm and above about 750 nm).
  • the invisible spectrum is not detectable by the human eye.
  • Wavelengths greater than about 750 nm are longer than the red visible spectrum, and they become invisible infrared (IR), microwave, and radio electromagnetic radiation.
  • Wavelengths less than about 380 nm are shorter than the violet spectrum, and they become invisible ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma ray electromagnetic radiation.
  • the imaging device 124 is configured for use in a minimally invasive procedure.
  • imaging devices suitable for use with the present disclosure include, but not limited to, an arthroscope, angioscope, bronchoscope, choledochoscope, colonoscope, cytoscope, duodenoscope, enteroscope, esophagogastro-duodenoscope (gastroscope), endoscope, laryngoscope, nasopharyngo-neproscope, sigmoidoscope, thoracoscope, and ureteroscope.
  • the imaging device employs multi-spectrum monitoring to discriminate topography and underlying structures.
  • a multi-spectral image is one that captures image data within specific wavelength ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum. The wavelengths may be separated by filters or by the use of instruments that are sensitive to particular wavelengths, including light from frequencies beyond the visible light range, e.g., IR and ultraviolet. Spectral imaging can allow extraction of additional information the human eye fails to capture with its receptors for red, green, and blue.
  • Multi-spectrum monitoring can be a useful tool in relocating a surgical field after a surgical task is completed to perform one or more of the previously described tests on the treated tissue.
  • the sterile field may be considered a specified area, such as within a tray or on a sterile towel, that is considered free of microorganisms, or the sterile field may be considered an area, immediately around a patient, who has been prepared for a surgical procedure.
  • the sterile field may include the scrubbed team members, who are properly attired, and all furniture and fixtures in the area.
  • the visualization system 108 includes one or more imaging sensors, one or more image-processing units, one or more storage arrays, and one or more displays that are strategically arranged with respect to the sterile field, as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • the visualization system 108 includes an interface for HL7, PACS, and EMR.
  • Various components of the visualization system 108 are described under the heading “Advanced Imaging Acquisition Module” in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/611,341, titled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, filed Dec. 28, 2017, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
  • a primary display 119 is positioned in the sterile field to be visible to an operator at the operating table 114 .
  • a visualization tower 111 is positioned outside the sterile field.
  • the visualization tower 111 includes a first non-sterile display 107 and a second non-sterile display 109 , which face away from each other.
  • the visualization system 108 guided by the hub 106 , is configured to utilize the displays 107 , 109 , and 119 to coordinate information flow to operators inside and outside the sterile field.
  • the hub 106 may cause the visualization system 108 to display a snapshot of a surgical site, as recorded by an imaging device 124 , on a non-sterile display 107 or 109 , while maintaining a live feed of the surgical site on the primary display 119 .
  • the snapshot on the non-sterile display 107 or 109 can permit a non-sterile operator to perform a diagnostic step relevant to the surgical procedure, for example.
  • the hub 106 is also configured to route a diagnostic input or feedback entered by a non-sterile operator at the visualization tower 111 to the primary display 119 within the sterile field, where it can be viewed by a sterile operator at the operating table.
  • the input can be in the form of a modification to the snapshot displayed on the non-sterile display 107 or 109 , which can be routed to the primary display 119 by the hub 106 .
  • a surgical instrument 112 is being used in the surgical procedure as part of the surgical system 102 .
  • the hub 106 is also configured to coordinate information flow to a display of the surgical instrument 112 .
  • coordinate information flow is further described in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/611,341, titled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, filed Dec. 28, 2017, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
  • a diagnostic input or feedback entered by a non-sterile operator at the visualization tower 111 can be routed by the hub 106 to the surgical instrument display 115 within the sterile field, where it can be viewed by the operator of the surgical instrument 112 .
  • Example surgical instruments that are suitable for use with the surgical system 102 are described under the heading “Surgical Instrument Hardware” in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/611,341, titled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, filed Dec. 28, 2017, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, for example.
  • a hub 106 is depicted in communication with a visualization system 108 , a robotic system 110 , and a handheld intelligent surgical instrument 112 .
  • the hub 106 includes a hub display 135 , an imaging module 138 , a generator module 140 (which can include a monopolar generator 142 , a bipolar generator 144 , and/or an ultrasonic generator 143 ), a communication module 130 , a processor module 132 , and a storage array 134 .
  • the hub 106 further includes a smoke evacuation module 126 , a suction/irrigation module 128 , and/or an OR mapping module 133 .
  • the hub modular enclosure 136 offers a unified environment for managing the power, data, and fluid lines, which reduces the frequency of entanglement between such lines.
  • the surgical hub for use in a surgical procedure that involves energy application to tissue at a surgical site.
  • the surgical hub includes a hub enclosure and a combo generator module slidably receivable in a docking station of the hub enclosure.
  • the docking station includes data and power contacts.
  • the combo generator module includes two or more of an ultrasonic energy generator component, a bipolar RF energy generator component, and a monopolar RF energy generator component that are housed in a single unit.
  • the combo generator module also includes a smoke evacuation component, at least one energy delivery cable for connecting the combo generator module to a surgical instrument, at least one smoke evacuation component configured to evacuate smoke, fluid, and/or particulates generated by the application of therapeutic energy to the tissue, and a fluid line extending from the remote surgical site to the smoke evacuation component.
  • the fluid line is a first fluid line and a second fluid line extends from the remote surgical site to a suction and irrigation module slidably received in the hub enclosure.
  • the hub enclosure comprises a fluid interface.
  • Certain surgical procedures may require the application of more than one energy type to the tissue.
  • One energy type may be more beneficial for cutting the tissue, while another different energy type may be more beneficial for sealing the tissue.
  • a bipolar generator can be used to seal the tissue while an ultrasonic generator can be used to cut the sealed tissue.
  • the modular surgical enclosure includes a first energy-generator module, configured to generate a first energy for application to the tissue, and a first docking station comprising a first docking port that includes first data and power contacts, wherein the first energy-generator module is slidably movable into an electrical engagement with the power and data contacts and wherein the first energy-generator module is slidably movable out of the electrical engagement with the first power and data contacts,
  • the modular surgical enclosure also includes a second energy-generator module configured to generate a second energy, different than the first energy, for application to the tissue, and a second docking station comprising a second docking port that includes second data and power contacts, wherein the second energy-generator module is slidably movable into an electrical engagement with the power and data contacts, and wherein the second energy-generator module is slidably movable out of the electrical engagement with the second power and data contacts.
  • a second energy-generator module configured to generate a second energy, different than the first energy, for application to the tissue
  • a second docking station comprising a second docking port that includes second data and power contacts
  • the modular surgical enclosure also includes a communication bus between the first docking port and the second docking port, configured to facilitate communication between the first energy-generator module and the second energy-generator module.
  • a hub modular enclosure 136 that allows the modular integration of a generator module 140 , a smoke evacuation module 126 , and a suction/irrigation module 128 .
  • the hub modular enclosure 136 further facilitates interactive communication between the modules 140 , 126 , 128 .
  • the generator module 140 can be a generator module with integrated monopolar, bipolar, and ultrasonic components supported in a single housing unit 139 slidably insertable into the hub modular enclosure 136 .
  • the generator module 140 can be configured to connect to a monopolar device 146 , a bipolar device 147 , and an ultrasonic device 148 .
  • the generator module 140 may comprise a series of monopolar, bipolar, and/or ultrasonic generator modules that interact through the hub modular enclosure 136 .
  • the hub modular enclosure 136 can be configured to facilitate the insertion of multiple generators and interactive communication between the generators docked into the hub modular enclosure 136 so that the generators would act as a single generator.
  • the hub modular enclosure 136 comprises a modular power and communication backplane 149 with external and wireless communication headers to enable the removable attachment of the modules 140 , 126 , 128 and interactive communication therebetween.
  • the hub modular enclosure 136 includes docking stations, or drawers, 151 , herein also referred to as drawers, which are configured to slidably receive the modules 140 , 126 , 128 .
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a partial perspective view of a surgical hub enclosure 136 , and a combo generator module 145 slidably receivable in a docking station 151 of the surgical hub enclosure 136 .
  • a docking port 152 with power and data contacts on a rear side of the combo generator module 145 is configured to engage a corresponding docking port 150 with power and data contacts of a corresponding docking station 151 of the hub modular enclosure 136 as the combo generator module 145 is slid into position within the corresponding docking station 151 of the hub module enclosure 136 .
  • the combo generator module 145 includes a bipolar, ultrasonic, and monopolar module and a smoke evacuation module integrated together into a single housing unit 139 , as illustrated in FIG. 5 .
  • the smoke evacuation module 126 includes a fluid line 154 that conveys captured/collected smoke and/or fluid away from a surgical site and to, for example, the smoke evacuation module 126 .
  • Vacuum suction originating from the smoke evacuation module 126 can draw the smoke into an opening of a utility conduit at the surgical site.
  • the utility conduit, coupled to the fluid line, can be in the form of a flexible tube terminating at the smoke evacuation module 126 .
  • the utility conduit and the fluid line define a fluid path extending toward the smoke evacuation module 126 that is received in the hub enclosure 136 .
  • the suction/irrigation module 128 is coupled to a surgical tool comprising an aspiration fluid line and a suction fluid line.
  • the aspiration and suction fluid lines are in the form of flexible tubes extending from the surgical site toward the suction/irrigation module 128 .
  • One or more drive systems can be configured to cause irrigation and aspiration of fluids to and from the surgical site.
  • the surgical tool includes a shaft having an end effector at a distal end thereof and at least one energy treatment associated with the end effector, an aspiration tube, and an irrigation tube.
  • the aspiration tube can have an inlet port at a distal end thereof and the aspiration tube extends through the shaft.
  • an irrigation tube can extend through the shaft and can have an inlet port in proximity to the energy deliver implement.
  • the energy deliver implement is configured to deliver ultrasonic and/or RF energy to the surgical site and is coupled to the generator module 140 by a cable extending initially through the shaft.
  • the irrigation tube can be in fluid communication with a fluid source, and the aspiration tube can be in fluid communication with a vacuum source.
  • the fluid source and/or the vacuum source can be housed in the suction/irrigation module 128 .
  • the fluid source and/or the vacuum source can be housed in the hub enclosure 136 separately from the suction/irrigation module 128 .
  • a fluid interface can be configured to connect the suction/irrigation module 128 to the fluid source and/or the vacuum source.
  • the modules 140 , 126 , 128 and/or their corresponding docking stations on the hub modular enclosure 136 may include alignment features that are configured to align the docking ports of the modules into engagement with their counterparts in the docking stations of the hub modular enclosure 136 .
  • the combo generator module 145 includes side brackets 155 that are configured to slidably engage with corresponding brackets 156 of the corresponding docking station 151 of the hub modular enclosure 136 . The brackets cooperate to guide the docking port contacts of the combo generator module 145 into an electrical engagement with the docking port contacts of the hub modular enclosure 136 .
  • the drawers 151 of the hub modular enclosure 136 are the same, or substantially the same size, and the modules are adjusted in size to be received in the drawers 151 .
  • the side brackets 155 and/or 156 can be larger or smaller depending on the size of the module.
  • the drawers 151 are different in size and are each designed to accommodate a particular module.
  • the contacts of a particular module can be keyed for engagement with the contacts of a particular drawer to avoid inserting a module into a drawer with mismatching contacts.
  • the docking port 150 of one drawer 151 can be coupled to the docking port 150 of another drawer 151 through a communications link 157 to facilitate an interactive communication between the modules housed in the hub modular enclosure 136 .
  • the docking ports 150 of the hub modular enclosure 136 may alternatively, or additionally, facilitate a wireless interactive communication between the modules housed in the hub modular enclosure 136 .
  • Any suitable wireless communication can be employed, such as for example Air Titan-Bluetooth.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates individual power bus attachments for a plurality of lateral docking ports of a lateral modular housing 160 configured to receive a plurality of modules of a surgical hub 206 .
  • the lateral modular housing 160 is configured to laterally receive and interconnect the modules 161 .
  • the modules 161 are slidably inserted into docking stations 162 of lateral modular housing 160 , which includes a backplane for interconnecting the modules 161 .
  • the modules 161 are arranged laterally in the lateral modular housing 160 .
  • the modules 161 may be arranged vertically in a lateral modular housing.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a vertical modular housing 164 configured to receive a plurality of modules 165 of the surgical hub 106 .
  • the modules 165 are slidably inserted into docking stations, or drawers, 167 of vertical modular housing 164 , which includes a backplane for interconnecting the modules 165 .
  • the drawers 167 of the vertical modular housing 164 are arranged vertically, in certain instances, a vertical modular housing 164 may include drawers that are arranged laterally.
  • the modules 165 may interact with one another through the docking ports of the vertical modular housing 164 .
  • a display 177 is provided for displaying data relevant to the operation of the modules 165 .
  • the vertical modular housing 164 includes a master module 178 housing a plurality of sub-modules that are slidably received in the master module 178 .
  • the imaging module 138 comprises an integrated video processor and a modular light source and is adapted for use with various imaging devices.
  • the imaging device is comprised of a modular housing that can be assembled with a light source module and a camera module.
  • the housing can be a disposable housing.
  • the disposable housing is removably coupled to a reusable controller, a light source module, and a camera module.
  • the light source module and/or the camera module can be selectively chosen depending on the type of surgical procedure.
  • the camera module comprises a CCD sensor.
  • the camera module comprises a CMOS sensor.
  • the camera module is configured for scanned beam imaging.
  • the light source module can be configured to deliver a white light or a different light, depending on the surgical procedure.
  • the module imaging device of the present disclosure is configured to permit the replacement of a light source module or a camera module midstream during a surgical procedure, without having to remove the imaging device from the surgical field.
  • the imaging device comprises a tubular housing that includes a plurality of channels.
  • a first channel is configured to slidably receive the camera module, which can be configured for a snap-fit engagement with the first channel.
  • a second channel is configured to slidably receive the light source module, which can be configured for a snap-fit engagement with the second channel.
  • the camera module and/or the light source module can be rotated into a final position within their respective channels.
  • a threaded engagement can be employed in lieu of the snap-fit engagement.
  • multiple imaging devices are placed at different positions in the surgical field to provide multiple views.
  • the imaging module 138 can be configured to switch between the imaging devices to provide an optimal view.
  • the imaging module 138 can be configured to integrate the images from the different imaging device.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates a surgical data network 201 comprising a modular communication hub 203 configured to connect modular devices located in one or more operating theaters of a healthcare facility, or any room in a healthcare facility specially equipped for surgical operations, to a cloud-based system (e.g., the cloud 204 that may include a remote server 213 coupled to a storage device 205 ).
  • the modular communication hub 203 comprises a network hub 207 and/or a network switch 209 in communication with a network router.
  • the modular communication hub 203 also can be coupled to a local computer system 210 to provide local computer processing and data manipulation.
  • the surgical data network 201 may be configured as passive, intelligent, or switching.
  • a passive surgical data network serves as a conduit for the data, enabling it to go from one device (or segment) to another and to the cloud computing resources.
  • An intelligent surgical data network includes additional features to enable the traffic passing through the surgical data network to be monitored and to configure each port in the network hub 207 or network switch 209 .
  • An intelligent surgical data network may be referred to as a manageable hub or switch.
  • a switching hub reads the destination address of each packet and then forwards the packet to the correct port.
  • Modular devices 1 a - 1 n located in the operating theater may be coupled to the modular communication hub 203 .
  • the network hub 207 and/or the network switch 209 may be coupled to a network router 211 to connect the devices 1 a - 1 n to the cloud 204 or the local computer system 210 .
  • Data associated with the devices 1 a - 1 n may be transferred to cloud-based computers via the router for remote data processing and manipulation.
  • Data associated with the devices 1 a - 1 n may also be transferred to the local computer system 210 for local data processing and manipulation.
  • Modular devices 2 a - 2 m located in the same operating theater also may be coupled to a network switch 209 .
  • the network switch 209 may be coupled to the network hub 207 and/or the network router 211 to connect to the devices 2 a - 2 m to the cloud 204 .
  • Data associated with the devices 2 a - 2 n may be transferred to the cloud 204 via the network router 211 for data processing and manipulation.
  • Data associated with the devices 2 a - 2 m may also be transferred to the local computer system 210 for local data processing and manipulation.
  • the surgical data network 201 may be expanded by interconnecting multiple network hubs 207 and/or multiple network switches 209 with multiple network routers 211 .
  • the modular communication hub 203 may be contained in a modular control tower configured to receive multiple devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m .
  • the local computer system 210 also may be contained in a modular control tower.
  • the modular communication hub 203 is connected to a display 212 to display images obtained by some of the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m , for example during surgical procedures.
  • the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m may include, for example, various modules such as an imaging module 138 coupled to an endoscope, a generator module 140 coupled to an energy-based surgical device, a smoke evacuation module 126 , a suction/irrigation module 128 , a communication module 130 , a processor module 132 , a storage array 134 , a surgical device coupled to a display, and/or a non-contact sensor module, among other modular devices that may be connected to the modular communication hub 203 of the surgical data network 201 .
  • various modules such as an imaging module 138 coupled to an endoscope, a generator module 140 coupled to an energy-based surgical device, a smoke evacuation module 126 , a suction/irrigation module 128 , a communication module 130 , a processor module 132 , a storage array 134 , a surgical device coupled to a display, and/or a non-contact sensor module, among other modular devices that may be connected to the
  • the surgical data network 201 may comprise a combination of network hub(s), network switch(es), and network router(s) connecting the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m to the cloud. Any one of or all of the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m coupled to the network hub or network switch may collect data in real time and transfer the data to cloud computers for data processing and manipulation. It will be appreciated that cloud computing relies on sharing computing resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handle software applications.
  • the word “cloud” may be used as a metaphor for “the Internet,” although the term is not limited as such.
  • cloud computing may be used herein to refer to “a type of Internet-based computing,” where different services—such as servers, storage, and applications—are delivered to the modular communication hub 203 and/or computer system 210 located in the surgical theater (e.g., a fixed, mobile, temporary, or field operating room or space) and to devices connected to the modular communication hub 203 and/or computer system 210 through the Internet.
  • the cloud infrastructure may be maintained by a cloud service provider.
  • the cloud service provider may be the entity that coordinates the usage and control of the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m located in one or more operating theaters.
  • the cloud computing services can perform a large number of calculations based on the data gathered by smart surgical instruments, robots, and other computerized devices located in the operating theater.
  • the hub hardware enables multiple devices or connections to be connected to a computer that communicates with the cloud computing resources and storage.
  • the surgical data network provides improved surgical outcomes, reduced costs, and improved patient satisfaction.
  • At least some of the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m may be employed to view tissue states to assess leaks or perfusion of sealed tissue after a tissue sealing and cutting procedure.
  • At least some of the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m may be employed to identify pathology, such as the effects of diseases, using the cloud-based computing to examine data including images of samples of body tissue for diagnostic purposes. This includes localization and margin confirmation of tissue and phenotypes.
  • At least some of the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m may be employed to identify anatomical structures of the body using a variety of sensors integrated with imaging devices and techniques such as overlaying images captured by multiple imaging devices.
  • the data gathered by the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m may be transferred to the cloud 204 or the local computer system 210 or both for data processing and manipulation including image processing and manipulation.
  • the data may be analyzed to improve surgical procedure outcomes by determining if further treatment, such as the application of endoscopic intervention, emerging technologies, a targeted radiation, targeted intervention, and precise robotics to tissue-specific sites and conditions, may be pursued.
  • Such data analysis may further employ outcome analytics processing, and using standardized approaches may provide beneficial feedback to either confirm surgical treatments and the behavior of the surgeon or suggest modifications to surgical treatments and the behavior of the surgeon.
  • the operating theater devices 1 a - 1 n may be connected to the modular communication hub 203 over a wired channel or a wireless channel depending on the configuration of the devices 1 a - 1 n to a network hub.
  • the network hub 207 may be implemented, in one aspect, as a local network broadcast device that works on the physical layer of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model.
  • the network hub provides connectivity to the devices 1 a - 1 n located in the same operating theater network.
  • the network hub 207 collects data in the form of packets and sends them to the router in half duplex mode.
  • the network hub 207 does not store any media access control/Internet Protocol (MAC/IP) to transfer the device data.
  • MAC/IP media access control/Internet Protocol
  • the network hub 207 has no routing tables or intelligence regarding where to send information and broadcasts all network data across each connection and to a remote server 213 ( FIG. 9 ) over the cloud 204 .
  • the network hub 207 can detect basic network errors such as collisions, but having all information broadcast to multiple ports can be a security risk and cause bottlenecks.
  • the operating theater devices 2 a - 2 m may be connected to a network switch 209 over a wired channel or a wireless channel.
  • the network switch 209 works in the data link layer of the OSI model.
  • the network switch 209 is a multicast device for connecting the devices 2 a - 2 m located in the same operating theater to the network.
  • the network switch 209 sends data in the form of frames to the network router 211 and works in full duplex mode. Multiple devices 2 a - 2 m can send data at the same time through the network switch 209 .
  • the network switch 209 stores and uses MAC addresses of the devices 2 a - 2 m to transfer data.
  • the network hub 207 and/or the network switch 209 are coupled to the network router 211 for connection to the cloud 204 .
  • the network router 211 works in the network layer of the OSI model.
  • the network router 211 creates a route for transmitting data packets received from the network hub 207 and/or network switch 211 to cloud-based computer resources for further processing and manipulation of the data collected by any one of or all the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m .
  • the network router 211 may be employed to connect two or more different networks located in different locations, such as, for example, different operating theaters of the same healthcare facility or different networks located in different operating theaters of different healthcare facilities.
  • the network router 211 sends data in the form of packets to the cloud 204 and works in full duplex mode. Multiple devices can send data at the same time.
  • the network router 211 uses IP addresses to transfer data.
  • the network hub 207 may be implemented as a USB hub, which allows multiple USB devices to be connected to a host computer.
  • the USB hub may expand a single USB port into several tiers so that there are more ports available to connect devices to the host system computer.
  • the network hub 207 may include wired or wireless capabilities to receive information over a wired channel or a wireless channel.
  • a wireless USB short-range, high-bandwidth wireless radio communication protocol may be employed for communication between the devices 1 a - 1 n and devices 2 a - 2 m located in the operating theater.
  • the operating theater devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m may communicate to the modular communication hub 203 via Bluetooth wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band from 2.4 to 2.485 GHz) from fixed and mobile devices and building personal area networks (PANs).
  • PANs personal area networks
  • the operating theater devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m may communicate to the modular communication hub 203 via a number of wireless or wired communication standards or protocols, including but not limited to Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 family), WiMAX (IEEE 802.16 family), IEEE 802.20, long-term evolution (LTE), and Ev-DO, HSPA+, HSDPA+, HSUPA+, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, CDMA, TDMA, DECT, and Ethernet derivatives thereof, as well as any other wireless and wired protocols that are designated as 3G, 4G, 5G, and beyond.
  • the computing module may include a plurality of communication modules.
  • a first communication module may be dedicated to shorter-range wireless communications such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a second communication module may be dedicated to longer-range wireless communications such as GPS, EDGE, GPRS, CDMA, WiMAX, LTE, Ev-DO, and others.
  • the modular communication hub 203 may serve as a central connection for one or all of the operating theater devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m and handles a data type known as frames. Frames carry the data generated by the devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m . When a frame is received by the modular communication hub 203 , it is amplified and transmitted to the network router 211 , which transfers the data to the cloud computing resources by using a number of wireless or wired communication standards or protocols, as described herein.
  • the modular communication hub 203 can be used as a standalone device or be connected to compatible network hubs and network switches to form a larger network.
  • the modular communication hub 203 is generally easy to install, configure, and maintain, making it a good option for networking the operating theater devices 1 a - 1 n / 2 a - 2 m.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a computer-implemented interactive surgical system 200 .
  • the computer-implemented interactive surgical system 200 is similar in many respects to the computer-implemented interactive surgical system 100 .
  • the computer-implemented interactive surgical system 200 includes one or more surgical systems 202 , which are similar in many respects to the surgical systems 102 .
  • Each surgical system 202 includes at least one surgical hub 206 in communication with a cloud 204 that may include a remote server 213 .
  • the computer-implemented interactive surgical system 200 comprises a modular control tower 236 connected to multiple operating theater devices such as, for example, intelligent surgical instruments, robots, and other computerized devices located in the operating theater. As shown in FIG.
  • the modular control tower 236 comprises a modular communication hub 203 coupled to a computer system 210 .
  • the modular control tower 236 is coupled to an imaging module 238 that is coupled to an endoscope 239 , a generator module 240 that is coupled to an energy device 241 , a smoke evacuator module 226 , a suction/irrigation module 228 , a communication module 230 , a processor module 232 , a storage array 234 , a smart device/instrument 235 optionally coupled to a display 237 , and a non-contact sensor module 242 .
  • the operating theater devices are coupled to cloud computing resources and data storage via the modular control tower 236 .
  • a robot hub 222 also may be connected to the modular control tower 236 and to the cloud computing resources.
  • the devices/instruments 235 , visualization systems 208 may be coupled to the modular control tower 236 via wired or wireless communication standards or protocols, as described herein.
  • the modular control tower 236 may be coupled to a hub display 215 (e.g., monitor, screen) to display and overlay images received from the imaging module, device/instrument display, and/or other visualization systems 208 .
  • the hub display also may display data received from devices connected to the modular control tower in conjunction with images and overlaid images.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a surgical hub 206 comprising a plurality of modules coupled to the modular control tower 236 .
  • the modular control tower 236 comprises a modular communication hub 203 , e.g., a network connectivity device, and a computer system 210 to provide local processing, visualization, and imaging, for example.
  • the modular communication hub 203 may be connected in a tiered configuration to expand the number of modules (e.g., devices) that may be connected to the modular communication hub 203 and transfer data associated with the modules to the computer system 210 , cloud computing resources, or both.
  • each of the network hubs/switches in the modular communication hub 203 includes three downstream ports and one upstream port.
  • the upstream network hub/switch is connected to a processor to provide a communication connection to the cloud computing resources and a local display 217 . Communication to the cloud 204 may be made either through a wired or a wireless communication channel.
  • the surgical hub 206 employs a non-contact sensor module 242 to measure the dimensions of the operating theater and generate a map of the surgical theater using either ultrasonic or laser-type non-contact measurement devices.
  • An ultrasound-based non-contact sensor module scans the operating theater by transmitting a burst of ultrasound and receiving the echo when it bounces off the perimeter walls of an operating theater as described under the heading “Surgical Hub Spatial Awareness Within an Operating Room” in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/611,341, titled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, filed Dec. 28, 2017, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, in which the sensor module is configured to determine the size of the operating theater and to adjust Bluetooth-pairing distance limits.
  • a laser-based non-contact sensor module scans the operating theater by transmitting laser light pulses, receiving laser light pulses that bounce off the perimeter walls of the operating theater, and comparing the phase of the transmitted pulse to the received pulse to determine the size of the operating theater and to adjust Bluetooth pairing distance limits, for example.
  • the computer system 210 comprises a processor 244 and a network interface 245 .
  • the processor 244 is coupled to a communication module 247 , storage 248 , memory 249 , non-volatile memory 250 , and input/output interface 251 via a system bus.
  • the system bus can be any of several types of bus structure(s) including the memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus or external bus, and/or a local bus using any variety of available bus architectures including, but not limited to, 9-bit bus, Industrial Standard Architecture (ISA), Micro-Charmel Architecture (MSA), Extended ISA (EISA), Intelligent Drive Electronics (IDE), VESA Local Bus (VLB), Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), USB, Advanced Graphics Port (AGP), Personal Computer Memory Card International Association bus (PCMCIA), Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI), or any other proprietary bus.
  • ISA Industrial Standard Architecture
  • MSA Micro-Charmel Architecture
  • EISA Extended ISA
  • IDE Intelligent Drive Electronics
  • VLB VESA Local Bus
  • PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
  • USB Universal Serial Bus
  • AGP Advanced Graphics Port
  • PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association bus
  • SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
  • the processor 244 may be any single-core or multicore processor such as those known under the trade name ARM Cortex by Texas Instruments.
  • the processor may be an LM4F230H5QR ARM Cortex-M4F Processor Core, available from Texas Instruments, for example, comprising an on-chip memory of 256 KB single-cycle flash memory, or other non-volatile memory, up to 40 MHz, a prefetch buffer to improve performance above 40 MHz, a 32 KB single-cycle serial random access memory (SRAM), an internal read-only memory (ROM) loaded with StellarisWare® software, a 2 KB electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), and/or one or more pulse width modulation (PWM) modules, one or more quadrature encoder inputs (QEI) analogs, one or more 12-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with 12 analog input channels, details of which are available for the product datasheet.
  • QEI quadrature encoder inputs
  • the processor 244 may comprise a safety controller comprising two controller-based families such as TMS570 and RM4x, known under the trade name Hercules ARM Cortex R4, also by Texas Instruments.
  • the safety controller may be configured specifically for IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 safety critical applications, among others, to provide advanced integrated safety features while delivering scalable performance, connectivity, and memory options.
  • the system memory includes volatile memory and non-volatile memory.
  • the basic input/output system (BIOS) containing the basic routines to transfer information between elements within the computer system, such as during start-up, is stored in non-volatile memory.
  • the non-volatile memory can include ROM, programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), EEPROM, or flash memory.
  • Volatile memory includes random-access memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory.
  • RAM is available in many forms such as SRAM, dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and direct Rambus RAM (DRRAM).
  • the computer system 210 also includes removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer storage media, such as for example disk storage.
  • the disk storage includes, but is not limited to, devices like a magnetic disk drive, floppy disk drive, tape drive, Jaz drive, Zip drive, LS-60 drive, flash memory card, or memory stick.
  • the disk storage can include storage media separately or in combination with other storage media including, but not limited to, an optical disc drive such as a compact disc ROM device (CD-ROM), compact disc recordable drive (CD-R Drive), compact disc rewritable drive (CD-RW Drive), or a digital versatile disc ROM drive (DVD-ROM).
  • CD-ROM compact disc ROM
  • CD-R Drive compact disc recordable drive
  • CD-RW Drive compact disc rewritable drive
  • DVD-ROM digital versatile disc ROM drive
  • a removable or non-removable interface may be employed.
  • the computer system 210 includes software that acts as an intermediary between users and the basic computer resources described in a suitable operating environment.
  • Such software includes an operating system.
  • the operating system which can be stored on the disk storage, acts to control and allocate resources of the computer system.
  • System applications take advantage of the management of resources by the operating system through program modules and program data stored either in the system memory or on the disk storage. It is to be appreciated that various components described herein can be implemented with various operating systems or combinations of operating systems.
  • a user enters commands or information into the computer system 210 through input device(s) coupled to the I/O interface 251 .
  • the input devices include, but are not limited to, a pointing device such as a mouse, trackball, stylus, touch pad, keyboard, microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, TV tuner card, digital camera, digital video camera, web camera, and the like.
  • These and other input devices connect to the processor through the system bus via interface port(s).
  • the interface port(s) include, for example, a serial port, a parallel port, a game port, and a USB.
  • the output device(s) use some of the same types of ports as input device(s).
  • a USB port may be used to provide input to the computer system and to output information from the computer system to an output device.
  • An output adapter is provided to illustrate that there are some output devices like monitors, displays, speakers, and printers, among other output devices that require special adapters.
  • the output adapters include, by way of illustration and not limitation, video and sound cards that provide a means of connection between the output device and the system bus. It should be noted that other devices and/or systems of devices, such as remote computer(s), provide both input and output capabilities.
  • the computer system 210 can operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as cloud computer(s), or local computers.
  • the remote cloud computer(s) can be a personal computer, server, router, network PC, workstation, microprocessor-based appliance, peer device, or other common network node, and the like, and typically includes many or all of the elements described relative to the computer system. For purposes of brevity, only a memory storage device is illustrated with the remote computer(s).
  • the remote computer(s) is logically connected to the computer system through a network interface and then physically connected via a communication connection.
  • the network interface encompasses communication networks such as local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs).
  • LAN technologies include Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI), Ethernet/IEEE 802.3, Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 and the like.
  • WAN technologies include, but are not limited to, point-to-point links, circuit-switching networks like Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) and variations thereon, packet-switching networks, and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL).
  • ISDN Integrated Services Digital Networks
  • DSL Digital Subscriber Lines
  • the computer system 210 of FIG. 10 , the imaging module 238 and/or visualization system 208 , and/or the processor module 232 of FIGS. 9 - 10 may comprise an image processor, image-processing engine, media processor, or any specialized digital signal processor (DSP) used for the processing of digital images.
  • the image processor may employ parallel computing with single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) or multiple instruction, multiple data (MIMD) technologies to increase speed and efficiency.
  • SIMD single instruction, multiple data
  • MIMD multiple instruction, multiple data
  • the digital image-processing engine can perform a range of tasks.
  • the image processor may be a system on a chip with multicore processor architecture.
  • the communication connection(s) refers to the hardware/software employed to connect the network interface to the bus. While the communication connection is shown for illustrative clarity inside the computer system, it can also be external to the computer system 210 .
  • the hardware/software necessary for connection to the network interface includes, for illustrative purposes only, internal and external technologies such as modems, including regular telephone-grade modems, cable modems, and DSL modems, ISDN adapters, and Ethernet cards.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a functional block diagram of one aspect of a USB network hub 300 device, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the USB network hub device 300 employs a TUSB2036 integrated circuit hub by Texas Instruments.
  • the USB network hub 300 is a CMOS device that provides an upstream USB transceiver port 302 and up to three downstream USB transceiver ports 304 , 306 , 308 in compliance with the USB 2.0 specification.
  • the upstream USB transceiver port 302 is a differential root data port comprising a differential data minus (DM0) input paired with a differential data plus (DP0) input.
  • the three downstream USB transceiver ports 304 , 306 , 308 are differential data ports where each port includes differential data plus (DP1-DP3) outputs paired with differential data minus (DM1-DM3) outputs.
  • the USB network hub 300 device is implemented with a digital state machine instead of a microcontroller, and no firmware programming is required. Fully compliant USB transceivers are integrated into the circuit for the upstream USB transceiver port 302 and all downstream USB transceiver ports 304 , 306 , 308 .
  • the downstream USB transceiver ports 304 , 306 , 308 support both full-speed and low-speed devices by automatically setting the slew rate according to the speed of the device attached to the ports.
  • the USB network hub 300 device may be configured either in bus-powered or self-powered mode and includes a hub power logic 312 to manage power.
  • the USB network hub 300 device includes a serial interface engine 310 (SIE).
  • SIE 310 is the front end of the USB network hub 300 hardware and handles most of the protocol described in chapter 8 of the USB specification.
  • the SIE 310 typically comprehends signaling up to the transaction level.
  • the functions that it handles could include: packet recognition, transaction sequencing, SOP, EOP, RESET, and RESUME signal detection/generation, clock/data separation, non-return-to-zero invert (NRZI) data encoding/decoding and bit-stuffing, CRC generation and checking (token and data), packet ID (PID) generation and checking/decoding, and/or serial-parallel/parallel-serial conversion.
  • NRZI non-return-to-zero invert
  • the 310 receives a clock input 314 and is coupled to a suspend/resume logic and frame timer 316 circuit and a hub repeater circuit 318 to control communication between the upstream USB transceiver port 302 and the downstream USB transceiver ports 304 , 306 , 308 through port logic circuits 320 , 322 , 324 .
  • the SIE 310 is coupled to a command decoder 326 via interface logic 328 to control commands from a serial EEPROM via a serial EEPROM interface 330 .
  • the USB network hub 300 can connect 127 functions configured in up to six logical layers (tiers) to a single computer. Further, the USB network hub 300 can connect to all peripherals using a standardized four-wire cable that provides both communication and power distribution.
  • the power configurations are bus-powered and self-powered modes.
  • the USB network hub 300 may be configured to support four modes of power management: a bus-powered hub, with either individual-port power management or ganged-port power management, and the self-powered hub, with either individual-port power management or ganged-port power management.
  • the USB network hub 300 using a USB cable, the USB network hub 300 , the upstream USB transceiver port 302 is plugged into a USB host controller, and the downstream USB transceiver ports 304 , 306 , 308 are exposed for connecting USB compatible devices, and so forth.
  • FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the computer-implemented interactive surgical system, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the computer-implemented interactive surgical system is configured to monitor and analyze data related to the operation of various surgical systems that include surgical hubs, surgical instruments, robotic devices and operating theaters or healthcare facilities.
  • the computer-implemented interactive surgical system comprises a cloud-based analytics system.
  • the cloud-based analytics system is described as a surgical system, it is not necessarily limited as such and could be a cloud-based medical system generally. As illustrated in FIG.
  • the cloud-based analytics system comprises a plurality of surgical instruments 7012 (may be the same or similar to instruments 112 ), a plurality of surgical hubs 7006 (may be the same or similar to hubs 106 ), and a surgical data network 7001 (may be the same or similar to network 201 ) to couple the surgical hubs 7006 to the cloud 7004 (may be the same or similar to cloud 204 ).
  • Each of the plurality of surgical hubs 7006 is communicatively coupled to one or more surgical instruments 7012 .
  • the hubs 7006 are also communicatively coupled to the cloud 7004 of the computer-implemented interactive surgical system via the network 7001 .
  • the cloud 7004 is a remote centralized source of hardware and software for storing, manipulating, and communicating data generated based on the operation of various surgical systems. As shown in FIG. 12 , access to the cloud 7004 is achieved via the network 7001 , which may be the Internet or some other suitable computer network.
  • Surgical hubs 7006 that are coupled to the cloud 7004 can be considered the client side of the cloud computing system (i.e., cloud-based analytics system).
  • Surgical instruments 7012 are paired with the surgical hubs 7006 for control and implementation of various surgical procedures or operations as described herein.
  • surgical instruments 7012 may comprise transceivers for data transmission to and from their corresponding surgical hubs 7006 (which may also comprise transceivers). Combinations of surgical instruments 7012 and corresponding hubs 7006 may indicate particular locations, such as operating theaters in healthcare facilities (e.g., hospitals), for providing medical operations.
  • the memory of a surgical hub 7006 may store location data.
  • the cloud 7004 comprises central servers 7013 (which may be same or similar to remote server 113 in FIG. 1 and/or remote server 213 in FIG. 9 ), hub application servers 7002 , data analytics modules 7034 , and an input/output (“I/O”) interface 7007 .
  • the central servers 7013 of the cloud 7004 collectively administer the cloud computing system, which includes monitoring requests by client surgical hubs 7006 and managing the processing capacity of the cloud 7004 for executing the requests.
  • Each of the central servers 7013 comprises one or more processors 7008 coupled to suitable memory devices 7010 which can include volatile memory such as random-access memory (RAM) and non-volatile memory such as magnetic storage devices.
  • the memory devices 7010 may comprise machine executable instructions that when executed cause the processors 7008 to execute the data analytics modules 7034 for the cloud-based data analysis, operations, recommendations and other operations described below.
  • the processors 7008 can execute the data analytics modules 7034 independently or in conjunction with hub applications independently executed by the hubs 7006 .
  • the central servers 7013 also comprise aggregated medical data databases 2212 , which can reside in the memory 2210 .
  • the cloud 7004 can aggregate data from specific data generated by various surgical instruments 7012 and their corresponding hubs 7006 . Such aggregated data may be stored within the aggregated medical data databases 7011 of the cloud 7004 .
  • the cloud 7004 may advantageously perform data analysis and operations on the aggregated data to yield insights and/or perform functions that individual hubs 7006 could not achieve on their own.
  • the cloud 7004 and the surgical hubs 7006 are communicatively coupled to transmit and receive information.
  • the I/O interface 7007 is connected to the plurality of surgical hubs 7006 via the network 7001 .
  • the I/O interface 7007 can be configured to transfer information between the surgical hubs 7006 and the aggregated medical data databases 7011 . Accordingly, the I/O interface 7007 may facilitate read/write operations of the cloud-based analytics system. Such read/write operations may be executed in response to requests from hubs 7006 . These requests could be transmitted to the hubs 7006 through the hub applications.
  • the I/O interface 7007 may include one or more high speed data ports, which may include universal serial bus (USB) ports, IEEE 1394 ports, as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth I/O interfaces for connecting the cloud 7004 to hubs 7006 .
  • the hub application servers 7002 of the cloud 7004 are configured to host and supply shared capabilities to software applications (e.g.
  • hub applications executed by surgical hubs 7006 .
  • the hub application servers 7002 may manage requests made by the hub applications through the hubs 7006 , control access to the aggregated medical data databases 7011 , and perform load balancing.
  • the data analytics modules 7034 are described in further detail with reference to FIG. 13 .
  • the particular cloud computing system configuration described in the present disclosure is specifically designed to address various issues arising in the context of medical operations and procedures performed using medical devices, such as the surgical instruments 7012 , 112 .
  • the surgical instruments 7012 may be digital surgical devices configured to interact with the cloud 7004 for implementing techniques to improve the performance of surgical operations.
  • Various surgical instruments 7012 and/or surgical hubs 7006 may comprise touch controlled user interfaces such that clinicians may control aspects of interaction between the surgical instruments 7012 and the cloud 7004 .
  • Other suitable user interfaces for control such as auditory controlled user interfaces can also be used.
  • FIG. 13 is a block diagram which illustrates the functional architecture of the computer-implemented interactive surgical system, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the cloud-based analytics system includes a plurality of data analytics modules 7034 that may be executed by the processors 7008 of the cloud 7004 for providing data analytic solutions to problems specifically arising in the medical field.
  • the functions of the cloud-based data analytics modules 7034 may be assisted via hub applications 7014 hosted by the hub application servers 7002 that may be accessed on surgical hubs 7006 .
  • the cloud processors 7008 and hub applications 7014 may operate in conjunction to execute the data analytics modules 7034 .
  • Application program interfaces (APIs) 7016 define the set of protocols and routines corresponding to the hub applications 7014 .
  • APIs Application program interfaces
  • the APIs 7016 manage the storing and retrieval of data into and from the aggregated medical data databases 7011 for the operations of the applications 7014 .
  • the caches 7018 also store data (e.g., temporarily) and are coupled to the APIs 7016 for more efficient retrieval of data used by the applications 7014 .
  • the data analytics modules 7034 in FIG. 13 include modules for resource optimization 7020 , data collection and aggregation 7022 , authorization and security 7024 , control program updating 7026 , patient outcome analysis 7028 , recommendations 7030 , and data sorting and prioritization 7032 .
  • Other suitable data analytics modules could also be implemented by the cloud 7004 , according to some aspects.
  • the data analytics modules are used for specific recommendations based on analyzing trends, outcomes, and other data.
  • pair data sets generated from operations of surgical instruments 7012 can comprise applying a binary classification, e.g., a bleeding or a non-bleeding event. More generally, the binary classification may be characterized as either a desirable event (e.g., a successful surgical procedure) or an undesirable event (e.g., a misfired or misused surgical instrument 7012 ).
  • the aggregated self-describing data may correspond to individual data received from various groups or subgroups of surgical hubs 7006 .
  • the data collection and aggregation module 7022 can generate aggregated metadata or other organized data based on raw data received from the surgical hubs 7006 .
  • the processors 7008 can be operationally coupled to the hub applications 7014 and aggregated medical data databases 7011 for executing the data analytics modules 7034 .
  • the data collection and aggregation module 7022 may store the aggregated organized data into the aggregated medical data databases 2212 .
  • the resource optimization module 7020 can be configured to analyze this aggregated data to determine an optimal usage of resources for a particular or group of healthcare facilities. For example, the resource optimization module 7020 may determine an optimal order point of surgical stapling instruments 7012 for a group of healthcare facilities based on corresponding predicted demand of such instruments 7012 . The resource optimization module 7020 might also assess the resource usage or other operational configurations of various healthcare facilities to determine whether resource usage could be improved. Similarly, the recommendations module 7030 can be configured to analyze aggregated organized data from the data collection and aggregation module 7022 to provide recommendations.
  • the recommendations module 7030 could recommend to healthcare facilities (e.g., medical service providers such as hospitals) that a particular surgical instrument 7012 should be upgraded to an improved version based on a higher than expected error rate, for example.
  • the recommendations module 7030 and/or resource optimization module 7020 could recommend better supply chain parameters such as product reorder points and provide suggestions of different surgical instrument 7012 , uses thereof, or procedure steps to improve surgical outcomes.
  • the healthcare facilities can receive such recommendations via corresponding surgical hubs 7006 . More specific recommendations regarding parameters or configurations of various surgical instruments 7012 can also be provided. Hubs 7006 and/or surgical instruments 7012 each could also have display screens that display data or recommendations provided by the cloud 7004 .
  • the patient outcome analysis module 7028 can analyze surgical outcomes associated with currently used operational parameters of surgical instruments 7012 .
  • the patient outcome analysis module 7028 may also analyze and assess other potential operational parameters.
  • the recommendations module 7030 could recommend using these other potential operational parameters based on yielding better surgical outcomes, such as better sealing or less bleeding.
  • the recommendations module 7030 could transmit recommendations to a surgical hub 7006 regarding when to use a particular cartridge for a corresponding stapling surgical instrument 7012 .
  • the cloud-based analytics system while controlling for common variables, may be configured to analyze the large collection of raw data and to provide centralized recommendations over multiple healthcare facilities (advantageously determined based on aggregated data).
  • the cloud-based analytics system could analyze, evaluate, and/or aggregate data based on type of medical practice, type of patient, number of patients, geographic similarity between medical providers, which medical providers/facilities use similar types of instruments, etc., in a way that no single healthcare facility alone would be able to analyze independently.
  • the control program updating module 7026 could be configured to implement various surgical instrument 7012 recommendations when corresponding control programs are updated.
  • the patient outcome analysis module 7028 could identify correlations linking specific control parameters with successful (or unsuccessful) results. Such correlations may be addressed when updated control programs are transmitted to surgical instruments 7012 via the control program updating module 7026 .
  • Updates to instruments 7012 that are transmitted via a corresponding hub 7006 may incorporate aggregated performance data that was gathered and analyzed by the data collection and aggregation module 7022 of the cloud 7004 .
  • the patient outcome analysis module 7028 and recommendations module 7030 could identify improved methods of using instruments 7012 based on aggregated performance data.
  • the cloud-based analytics system may include security features implemented by the cloud 7004 . These security features may be managed by the authorization and security module 7024 .
  • Each surgical hub 7006 can have associated unique credentials such as username, password, and other suitable security credentials. These credentials could be stored in the memory 7010 and be associated with a permitted cloud access level. For example, based on providing accurate credentials, a surgical hub 7006 may be granted access to communicate with the cloud to a predetermined extent (e.g., may only engage in transmitting or receiving certain defined types of information).
  • the aggregated medical data databases 7011 of the cloud 7004 may comprise a database of authorized credentials for verifying the accuracy of provided credentials. Different credentials may be associated with varying levels of permission for interaction with the cloud 7004 , such as a predetermined access level for receiving the data analytics generated by the cloud 7004 .
  • the cloud could maintain a database of hubs 7006 , instruments 7012 , and other devices that may comprise a “black list” of prohibited devices.
  • a surgical hub 7006 listed on the black list may not be permitted to interact with the cloud, while surgical instruments 7012 listed on the black list may not have functional access to a corresponding hub 7006 and/or may be prevented from fully functioning when paired to its corresponding hub 7006 .
  • the cloud 7004 may flag instruments 7012 based on incompatibility or other specified criteria. In this manner, counterfeit medical devices and improper reuse of such devices throughout the cloud-based analytics system can be identified and addressed.
  • the surgical instruments 7012 may use wireless transceivers to transmit wireless signals that may represent, for example, authorization credentials for access to corresponding hubs 7006 and the cloud 7004 . Wired transceivers may also be used to transmit signals. Such authorization credentials can be stored in the respective memory devices of the surgical instruments 7012 .
  • the authorization and security module 7024 can determine whether the authorization credentials are accurate or counterfeit.
  • the authorization and security module 7024 may also dynamically generate authorization credentials for enhanced security.
  • the credentials could also be encrypted, such as by using hash based encryption.
  • the surgical instruments 7012 may transmit a signal to the corresponding hubs 7006 and ultimately the cloud 7004 to indicate that the instruments 7012 are ready to obtain and transmit medical data.
  • the cloud 7004 may transition into a state enabled for receiving medical data for storage into the aggregated medical data databases 7011 .
  • This data transmission readiness could be indicated by a light indicator on the instruments 7012 , for example.
  • the cloud 7004 can also transmit signals to surgical instruments 7012 for updating their associated control programs.
  • the cloud 7004 can transmit signals that are directed to a particular class of surgical instruments 7012 (e.g., electrosurgical instruments) so that software updates to control programs are only transmitted to the appropriate surgical instruments 7012 .
  • the cloud 7004 could be used to implement system wide solutions to address local or global problems based on selective data transmission and authorization credentials. For example, if a group of surgical instruments 7012 are identified as having a common manufacturing defect, the cloud 7004 may change the authorization credentials corresponding to this group to implement an operational lockout of the group.
  • the cloud-based analytics system may allow for monitoring multiple healthcare facilities (e.g., medical facilities like hospitals) to determine improved practices and recommend changes (via the recommendations module 2030 , for example) accordingly.
  • the processors 7008 of the cloud 7004 can analyze data associated with an individual healthcare facility to identify the facility and aggregate the data with other data associated with other healthcare facilities in a group. Groups could be defined based on similar operating practices or geographical location, for example. In this way, the cloud 7004 may provide healthcare facility group wide analysis and recommendations.
  • the cloud-based analytics system could also be used for enhanced situational awareness.
  • the processors 7008 may predictively model the effects of recommendations on the cost and effectiveness for a particular facility (relative to overall operations and/or various medical procedures). The cost and effectiveness associated with that particular facility can also be compared to a corresponding local region of other facilities or any other comparable facilities.
  • the data sorting and prioritization module 7032 may prioritize and sort data based on criticality (e.g., the severity of a medical event associated with the data, unexpectedness, suspiciousness). This sorting and prioritization may be used in conjunction with the functions of the other data analytics modules 7034 described above to improve the cloud-based analytics and operations described herein. For example, the data sorting and prioritization module 7032 can assign a priority to the data analysis performed by the data collection and aggregation module 7022 and patient outcome analysis modules 7028 . Different prioritization levels can result in particular responses from the cloud 7004 (corresponding to a level of urgency) such as escalation for an expedited response, special processing, exclusion from the aggregated medical data databases 7011 , or other suitable responses.
  • criticality e.g., the severity of a medical event associated with the data, unexpectedness, suspiciousness.
  • This sorting and prioritization may be used in conjunction with the functions of the other data analytics modules 7034 described above to improve the cloud-based analytics and operations described herein.
  • the cloud 7004 can transmit a request (e.g. a push message) through the hub application servers for additional data from corresponding surgical instruments 7012 .
  • the push message can result in a notification displayed on the corresponding hubs 7006 for requesting supporting or additional data.
  • This push message may be required in situations in which the cloud detects a significant irregularity or outlier and the cloud cannot determine the cause of the irregularity.
  • the central servers 7013 may be programmed to trigger this push message in certain significant circumstances, such as when data is determined to be different from an expected value beyond a predetermined threshold or when it appears security has been comprised, for example.
  • an “intelligent” device including control algorithms that respond to sensed data can be an improvement over a “dumb” device that operates without accounting for sensed data
  • some sensed data can be incomplete or inconclusive when considered in isolation, i.e., without the context of the type of surgical procedure being performed or the type of tissue that is being operated on.
  • the control algorithm may control the modular device incorrectly or suboptimally given the particular context-free sensed data.
  • the optimal manner for a control algorithm to control a surgical instrument in response to a particular sensed parameter can vary according to the particular tissue type being operated on.
  • tissue types have different properties (e.g., resistance to tearing) and thus respond differently to actions taken by surgical instruments. Therefore, it may be desirable for a surgical instrument to take different actions even when the same measurement for a particular parameter is sensed.
  • the optimal manner in which to control a surgical stapling and cutting instrument in response to the instrument sensing an unexpectedly high force to close its end effector will vary depending upon whether the tissue type is susceptible or resistant to tearing. For tissues that are susceptible to tearing, such as lung tissue, the instrument's control algorithm would optimally ramp down the motor in response to an unexpectedly high force to close to avoid tearing the tissue.
  • the instrument's control algorithm would optimally ramp up the motor in response to an unexpectedly high force to close to ensure that the end effector is clamped properly on the tissue. Without knowing whether lung or stomach tissue has been clamped, the control algorithm may make a suboptimal decision.
  • FIG. 14 illustrates a diagram of a situationally aware surgical system 5100 , in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the data sources 5126 include, for example, the modular devices 5102 (which can include sensors configured to detect parameters associated with the patient and/or the modular device itself), databases 5122 (e.g., an EMR database containing patient records), and patient monitoring devices 5124 (e.g., a blood pressure (BP) monitor and an electrocardiography (EKG) monitor).
  • the modular devices 5102 which can include sensors configured to detect parameters associated with the patient and/or the modular device itself
  • databases 5122 e.g., an EMR database containing patient records
  • patient monitoring devices 5124 e.g., a blood pressure (BP) monitor and an electrocardiography (EKG) monitor.
  • BP blood pressure
  • EKG electrocardiography
  • a surgical hub 5104 which may be similar to the hub 106 in many respects, can be configured to derive the contextual information pertaining to the surgical procedure from the data based upon, for example, the particular combination(s) of received data or the particular order in which the data is received from the data sources 5126 .
  • the contextual information inferred from the received data can include, for example, the type of surgical procedure being performed, the particular step of the surgical procedure that the surgeon is performing, the type of tissue being operated on, or the body cavity that is the subject of the procedure.
  • the surgical hub 5104 can incorporate a situational awareness system, which is the hardware and/or programming associated with the surgical hub 5104 that derives contextual information pertaining to the surgical procedure from the received data.
  • the situational awareness system of the surgical hub 5104 can be configured to derive the contextual information from the data received from the data sources 5126 in a variety of different ways.
  • the situational awareness system includes a pattern recognition system, or machine learning system (e.g., an artificial neural network), that has been trained on training data to correlate various inputs (e.g., data from databases 5122 , patient monitoring devices 5124 , and/or modular devices 5102 ) to corresponding contextual information regarding a surgical procedure.
  • a machine learning system can be trained to accurately derive contextual information regarding a surgical procedure from the provided inputs.
  • the situational awareness system can include a lookup table storing pre-characterized contextual information regarding a surgical procedure in association with one or more inputs (or ranges of inputs) corresponding to the contextual information. In response to a query with one or more inputs, the lookup table can return the corresponding contextual information for the situational awareness system for controlling the modular devices 5102 .
  • the contextual information received by the situational awareness system of the surgical hub 5104 is associated with a particular control adjustment or set of control adjustments for one or more modular devices 5102 .
  • the situational awareness system includes a further machine learning system, lookup table, or other such system, which generates or retrieves one or more control adjustments for one or more modular devices 5102 when provided the contextual information as input.
  • a surgical hub 5104 incorporating a situational awareness system provides a number of benefits for the surgical system 5100 .
  • One benefit includes improving the interpretation of sensed and collected data, which would in turn improve the processing accuracy and/or the usage of the data during the course of a surgical procedure.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could determine what type of tissue was being operated on; therefore, when an unexpectedly high force to close the surgical instrument's end effector is detected, the situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could correctly ramp up or ramp down the motor of the surgical instrument for the type of tissue.
  • the type of tissue being operated can affect the adjustments that are made to the compression rate and load thresholds of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument for a particular tissue gap measurement.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could infer whether a surgical procedure being performed is a thoracic or an abdominal procedure, allowing the surgical hub 5104 to determine whether the tissue clamped by an end effector of the surgical stapling and cutting instrument is lung (for a thoracic procedure) or stomach (for an abdominal procedure) tissue. The surgical hub 5104 could then adjust the compression rate and load thresholds of the surgical stapling and cutting instrument appropriately for the type of tissue.
  • the type of body cavity being operated in during an insufflation procedure can affect the function of a smoke evacuator.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could determine whether the surgical site is under pressure (by determining that the surgical procedure is utilizing insufflation) and determine the procedure type. As a procedure type is generally performed in a specific body cavity, the surgical hub 5104 could then control the motor rate of the smoke evacuator appropriately for the body cavity being operated in. Thus, a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could provide a consistent amount of smoke evacuation for both thoracic and abdominal procedures.
  • the type of procedure being performed can affect the optimal energy level for an ultrasonic surgical instrument or radio frequency (RF) electrosurgical instrument to operate at.
  • Arthroscopic procedures for example, require higher energy levels because the end effector of the ultrasonic surgical instrument or RF electrosurgical instrument is immersed in fluid.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could determine whether the surgical procedure is an arthroscopic procedure. The surgical hub 5104 could then adjust the RF power level or the ultrasonic amplitude of the generator (i.e., “energy level”) to compensate for the fluid filled environment.
  • the type of tissue being operated on can affect the optimal energy level for an ultrasonic surgical instrument or RF electrosurgical instrument to operate at.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could determine what type of surgical procedure is being performed and then customize the energy level for the ultrasonic surgical instrument or RF electrosurgical instrument, respectively, according to the expected tissue profile for the surgical procedure. Furthermore, a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 can be configured to adjust the energy level for the ultrasonic surgical instrument or RF electrosurgical instrument throughout the course of a surgical procedure, rather than just on a procedure-by-procedure basis. A situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could determine what step of the surgical procedure is being performed or will subsequently be performed and then update the control algorithms for the generator and/or ultrasonic surgical instrument or RF electrosurgical instrument to set the energy level at a value appropriate for the expected tissue type according to the surgical procedure step.
  • data can be drawn from additional data sources 5126 to improve the conclusions that the surgical hub 5104 draws from one data source 5126 .
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could augment data that it receives from the modular devices 5102 with contextual information that it has built up regarding the surgical procedure from other data sources 5126 .
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 can be configured to determine whether hemostasis has occurred (i.e., whether bleeding at a surgical site has stopped) according to video or image data received from a medical imaging device. However, in some cases the video or image data can be inconclusive.
  • the surgical hub 5104 can be further configured to compare a physiologic measurement (e.g., blood pressure sensed by a BP monitor communicably connected to the surgical hub 5104 ) with the visual or image data of hemostasis (e.g., from a medical imaging device 124 ( FIG. 2 ) communicably coupled to the surgical hub 5104 ) to make a determination on the integrity of the staple line or tissue weld.
  • a physiologic measurement e.g., blood pressure sensed by a BP monitor communicably connected to the surgical hub 5104
  • the visual or image data of hemostasis e.g., from a medical imaging device 124 ( FIG. 2 ) communicably coupled to the surgical hub 5104
  • the situational awareness system of the surgical hub 5104 can consider the physiological measurement data to provide additional context in analyzing the visualization data.
  • the additional context can be useful when the visualization data may be inconclusive or incomplete on its own.
  • Another benefit includes proactively and automatically controlling the paired modular devices 5102 according to the particular step of the surgical procedure that is being performed to reduce the number of times that medical personnel are required to interact with or control the surgical system 5100 during the course of a surgical procedure.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could proactively activate the generator to which an RF electrosurgical instrument is connected if it determines that a subsequent step of the procedure requires the use of the instrument. Proactively activating the energy source allows the instrument to be ready for use a soon as the preceding step of the procedure is completed.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could determine whether the current or subsequent step of the surgical procedure requires a different view or degree of magnification on the display according to the feature(s) at the surgical site that the surgeon is expected to need to view. The surgical hub 5104 could then proactively change the displayed view (supplied by, e.g., a medical imaging device for the visualization system 108 ) accordingly so that the display automatically adjusts throughout the surgical procedure.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could determine which step of the surgical procedure is being performed or will subsequently be performed and whether particular data or comparisons between data will be required for that step of the surgical procedure.
  • the surgical hub 5104 can be configured to automatically call up data screens based upon the step of the surgical procedure being performed, without waiting for the surgeon to ask for the particular information.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could determine whether the operating theater is setup properly or optimally for the surgical procedure to be performed.
  • the surgical hub 5104 can be configured to determine the type of surgical procedure being performed, retrieve the corresponding checklists, product location, or setup needs (e.g., from a memory), and then compare the current operating theater layout to the standard layout for the type of surgical procedure that the surgical hub 5104 determines is being performed.
  • the surgical hub 5104 can be configured to compare the list of items for the procedure scanned by a suitable scanner for example and/or a list of devices paired with the surgical hub 5104 to a recommended or anticipated manifest of items and/or devices for the given surgical procedure. If there are any discontinuities between the lists, the surgical hub 5104 can be configured to provide an alert indicating that a particular modular device 5102 , patient monitoring device 5124 , and/or other surgical item is missing. In one exemplification, the surgical hub 5104 can be configured to determine the relative distance or position of the modular devices 5102 and patient monitoring devices 5124 via proximity sensors, for example. The surgical hub 5104 can compare the relative positions of the devices to a recommended or anticipated layout for the particular surgical procedure. If there are any discontinuities between the layouts, the surgical hub 5104 can be configured to provide an alert indicating that the current layout for the surgical procedure deviates from the recommended layout.
  • a situationally aware surgical hub 5104 could determine whether the surgeon (or other medical personnel) was making an error or otherwise deviating from the expected course of action during the course of a surgical procedure.
  • the surgical hub 5104 can be configured to determine the type of surgical procedure being performed, retrieve the corresponding list of steps or order of equipment usage (e.g., from a memory), and then compare the steps being performed or the equipment being used during the course of the surgical procedure to the expected steps or equipment for the type of surgical procedure that the surgical hub 5104 determined is being performed.
  • the surgical hub 5104 can be configured to provide an alert indicating that an unexpected action is being performed or an unexpected device is being utilized at the particular step in the surgical procedure.
  • the situational awareness system for the surgical hub 5104 improves surgical procedure outcomes by adjusting the surgical instruments (and other modular devices 5102 ) for the particular context of each surgical procedure (such as adjusting to different tissue types) and validating actions during a surgical procedure.
  • the situational awareness system also improves surgeons' efficiency in performing surgical procedures by automatically suggesting next steps, providing data, and adjusting displays and other modular devices 5102 in the surgical theater according to the specific context of the procedure.
  • a timeline 5200 depicting situational awareness of a hub such as the surgical hub 106 or 206 ( FIGS. 1 - 11 ), for example.
  • the timeline 5200 is an illustrative surgical procedure and the contextual information that the surgical hub 106 , 206 can derive from the data received from the data sources at each step in the surgical procedure.
  • the timeline 5200 depicts the typical steps that would be taken by the nurses, surgeons, and other medical personnel during the course of a lung segmentectomy procedure, beginning with setting up the operating theater and ending with transferring the patient to a post-operative recovery room.
  • the situationally aware surgical hub 106 , 206 receives data from the data sources throughout the course of the surgical procedure, including data generated each time medical personnel utilize a modular device that is paired with the surgical hub 106 , 206 .
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can receive this data from the paired modular devices and other data sources and continually derive inferences (i.e., contextual information) about the ongoing procedure as new data is received, such as which step of the procedure is being performed at any given time.
  • the situational awareness system of the surgical hub 106 , 206 is able to, for example, record data pertaining to the procedure for generating reports, verify the steps being taken by the medical personnel, provide data or prompts (e.g., via a display screen) that may be pertinent for the particular procedural step, adjust modular devices based on the context (e.g., activate monitors, adjust the field of view (FOV) of the medical imaging device, or change the energy level of an ultrasonic surgical instrument or RF electrosurgical instrument), and take any other such action described above.
  • record data pertaining to the procedure for generating reports verify the steps being taken by the medical personnel, provide data or prompts (e.g., via a display screen) that may be pertinent for the particular procedural step, adjust modular devices based on the context (e.g., activate monitors, adjust the field of view (FOV) of the medical imaging device, or change the energy level of an ultrasonic surgical instrument or RF electrosurgical instrument), and take any other such action described above.
  • FOV field of view
  • the hospital staff members retrieve the patient's EMR from the hospital's EMR database. Based on select patient data in the EMR, the surgical hub 106 , 206 determines that the procedure to be performed is a thoracic procedure.
  • Second step S 204 the staff members scan the incoming medical supplies for the procedure.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 cross-references the scanned supplies with a list of supplies that are utilized in various types of procedures and confirms that the mix of supplies corresponds to a thoracic procedure. Further, the surgical hub 106 , 206 is also able to determine that the procedure is not a wedge procedure (because the incoming supplies either lack certain supplies that are necessary for a thoracic wedge procedure or do not otherwise correspond to a thoracic wedge procedure).
  • Third step S 206 the medical personnel scan the patient band via a scanner that is communicably connected to the surgical hub 106 , 206 .
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can then confirm the patient's identity based on the scanned data.
  • the medical staff turns on the auxiliary equipment.
  • the auxiliary equipment being utilized can vary according to the type of surgical procedure and the techniques to be used by the surgeon, but in this illustrative case they include a smoke evacuator, insufflator, and medical imaging device.
  • the auxiliary equipment that are modular devices can automatically pair with the surgical hub 106 , 206 that is located within a particular vicinity of the modular devices as part of their initialization process.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can then derive contextual information about the surgical procedure by detecting the types of modular devices that pair with it during this pre-operative or initialization phase.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 determines that the surgical procedure is a VATS procedure based on this particular combination of paired modular devices. Based on the combination of the data from the patient's EMR, the list of medical supplies to be used in the procedure, and the type of modular devices that connect to the hub, the surgical hub 106 , 206 can generally infer the specific procedure that the surgical team will be performing. Once the surgical hub 106 , 206 knows what specific procedure is being performed, the surgical hub 106 , 206 can then retrieve the steps of that procedure from a memory or from the cloud and then cross-reference the data it subsequently receives from the connected data sources (e.g., modular devices and patient monitoring devices) to infer what step of the surgical procedure the surgical team is performing.
  • the connected data sources e.g., modular devices and patient monitoring devices
  • the staff members attach the EKG electrodes and other patient monitoring devices to the patient.
  • the EKG electrodes and other patient monitoring devices are able to pair with the surgical hub 106 , 206 .
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 begins receiving data from the patient monitoring devices, the surgical hub 106 , 206 thus confirms that the patient is in the operating theater.
  • Sixth step S 212 the medical personnel induce anesthesia in the patient.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can infer that the patient is under anesthesia based on data from the modular devices and/or patient monitoring devices, including EKG data, blood pressure data, ventilator data, or combinations thereof, for example.
  • the pre-operative portion of the lung segmentectomy procedure is completed and the operative portion begins.
  • the patient's lung that is being operated on is collapsed (while ventilation is switched to the contralateral lung).
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can infer from the ventilator data that the patient's lung has been collapsed, for example.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can infer that the operative portion of the procedure has commenced as it can compare the detection of the patient's lung collapsing to the expected steps of the procedure (which can be accessed or retrieved previously) and thereby determine that collapsing the lung is the first operative step in this particular procedure.
  • the medical imaging device e.g., a scope
  • receives the medical imaging device data i.e., video or image data
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can determine that the laparoscopic portion of the surgical procedure has commenced. Further, the surgical hub 106 , 206 can determine that the particular procedure being performed is a segmentectomy, as opposed to a lobectomy (note that a wedge procedure has already been discounted by the surgical hub 106 , 206 based on data received at the second step S 204 of the procedure).
  • the data from the medical imaging device 124 FIG.
  • the medical imaging device 2 can be utilized to determine contextual information regarding the type of procedure being performed in a number of different ways, including by determining the angle at which the medical imaging device is oriented with respect to the visualization of the patient's anatomy, monitoring the number or medical imaging devices being utilized (i.e., that are activated and paired with the surgical hub 106 , 206 ), and monitoring the types of visualization devices utilized.
  • one technique for performing a VATS lobectomy places the camera in the lower anterior corner of the patient's chest cavity above the diaphragm
  • one technique for performing a VATS segmentectomy places the camera in an anterior intercostal position relative to the segmental fissure.
  • the situational awareness system can be trained to recognize the positioning of the medical imaging device according to the visualization of the patient's anatomy.
  • one technique for performing a VATS lobectomy utilizes a single medical imaging device, whereas another technique for performing a VATS segmentectomy utilizes multiple cameras.
  • one technique for performing a VATS segmentectomy utilizes an infrared light source (which can be communicably coupled to the surgical hub as part of the visualization system) to visualize the segmental fissure, which is not utilized in a VATS lobectomy.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can thereby determine the specific type of surgical procedure being performed and/or the technique being used for a particular type of surgical procedure.
  • the surgical team begins the dissection step of the procedure.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can infer that the surgeon is in the process of dissecting to mobilize the patient's lung because it receives data from the RF or ultrasonic generator indicating that an energy instrument is being fired.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can cross-reference the received data with the retrieved steps of the surgical procedure to determine that an energy instrument being fired at this point in the process (i.e., after the completion of the previously discussed steps of the procedure) corresponds to the dissection step.
  • the energy instrument can be an energy tool mounted to a robotic arm of a robotic surgical system.
  • Tenth step S 220 the surgical team proceeds to the ligation step of the procedure.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can infer that the surgeon is ligating arteries and veins because it receives data from the surgical stapling and cutting instrument indicating that the instrument is being fired. Similarly to the prior step, the surgical hub 106 , 206 can derive this inference by cross-referencing the receipt of data from the surgical stapling and cutting instrument with the retrieved steps in the process.
  • the surgical instrument can be a surgical tool mounted to a robotic arm of a robotic surgical system.
  • the segmentectomy portion of the procedure is performed.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can infer that the surgeon is transecting the parenchyma based on data from the surgical stapling and cutting instrument, including data from its cartridge.
  • the cartridge data can correspond to the size or type of staple being fired by the instrument, for example.
  • the cartridge data can thus indicate the type of tissue being stapled and/or transected.
  • the type of staple being fired is utilized for parenchyma (or other similar tissue types), which allows the surgical hub 106 , 206 to infer that the segmentectomy portion of the procedure is being performed.
  • the node dissection step is then performed.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can infer that the surgical team is dissecting the node and performing a leak test based on data received from the generator indicating that an RF or ultrasonic instrument is being fired.
  • an RF or ultrasonic instrument being utilized after parenchyma was transected corresponds to the node dissection step, which allows the surgical hub 106 , 206 to make this inference.
  • surgeons regularly switch back and forth between surgical stapling/cutting instruments and surgical energy (i.e., RF or ultrasonic) instruments depending upon the particular step in the procedure because different instruments are better adapted for particular tasks.
  • the particular sequence in which the stapling/cutting instruments and surgical energy instruments are used can indicate what step of the procedure the surgeon is performing.
  • robotic tools can be utilized for one or more steps in a surgical procedure and/or handheld surgical instruments can be utilized for one or more steps in the surgical procedure.
  • the surgeon(s) can alternate between robotic tools and handheld surgical instruments and/or can use the devices concurrently, for example.
  • step S 226 the patient's anesthesia is reversed.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can infer that the patient is emerging from the anesthesia based on the ventilator data (i.e., the patient's breathing rate begins increasing), for example.
  • the fourteenth step S 228 is that the medical personnel remove the various patient monitoring devices from the patient.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can thus infer that the patient is being transferred to a recovery room when the hub loses EKG, BP, and other data from the patient monitoring devices.
  • the surgical hub 106 , 206 can determine or infer when each step of a given surgical procedure is taking place according to data received from the various data sources that are communicably coupled to the surgical hub 106 , 206 .
  • computer systems such as the surgical hubs 106 , 206 described in connection with FIGS. 1 - 11 , can be programmed to compare variables associated with a given surgical procedure to data sets that are collected and aggregated by individual surgical hubs, networks of surgical hubs, cloud computing systems described under the heading CLOUD SYSTEM HARDWARE AND FUNCTIONAL MODULES (which can in turn be connected to surgical hubs), or other computer systems.
  • the data sets can include data pertaining to a variety of variables for different types of surgical procedures, surgical instruments, surgical personnel, and so on.
  • the data set can be evaluated to determine baselines against which procedural variables can be compared.
  • a computer system can be programmed to evaluate for a given surgical procedure the cost-effectiveness of a particular surgical device setup, the procedural outcomes associated with different types of surgical devices, and so on by comparing the analyzed procedural variables with their associated baselines that are determined from the aggregated data.
  • a computer system can be programmed to notify users if the analyzed variables deviated from their associated baselines and provide recommendations accordingly.
  • surgical hubs 106 , 206 can be connected to or paired with a variety of surgical devices, such as surgical instruments, generators, smoke evacuators, displays, and so on. Through their connections to these surgical devices, the surgical hubs 206 can receive an array of perioperative data from these paired surgical devices while the devices are in use during a surgical procedure. Further, as described above under the heading SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, surgical hubs 206 can determine the context of the surgical procedure being performed (e.g., the procedure type or the step of the procedure being performed) based, at least in part, on perioperative data received from these connected surgical devices.
  • the context of the surgical procedure being performed e.g., the procedure type or the step of the procedure being performed
  • the surgical hubs 206 can determine procedural variables associated with the surgical procedure, such as how much time the procedure (or a step thereof) is taking, what surgical instrument is currently being used, and so on.
  • a computer system such as a surgical hub 206 , can be programmed to provide recommendations by monitoring procedural variables to ascertain when the surgical staff is performing a surgical procedure in a manner that deviates from baselines or expectations for the particular procedure type.
  • FIG. 16 is a logic flow diagram for a process 210000 of providing surgical recommendations, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the process 210000 can be executed by a processor or control circuit of a computer system, such as the processor 244 of the surgical hub 206 illustrated in FIG. 10 . Accordingly, the process 210000 can be embodied as a set of computer-executable instructions stored in a memory 249 that, when executed by the processor 244 , cause the computer system (e.g., a surgical hub 206 ) to perform the described steps.
  • a processor or control circuit of a computer system such as the processor 244 of the surgical hub 206 illustrated in FIG. 10 .
  • the process 210000 can be embodied as a set of computer-executable instructions stored in a memory 249 that, when executed by the processor 244 , cause the computer system (e.g., a surgical hub 206 ) to perform the described steps.
  • the processor 244 executing the process 210000 receives 210002 perioperative data from the surgical device(s) connected or paired with the surgical hub 206 and determines 210004 the surgical context based at least in part on the received perioperative data utilizing situational awareness.
  • the surgical context determined by the surgical hub 206 through situational awareness can be utilized to inform evaluations of the surgical staff performing the surgical procedure.
  • the processor 244 determines 210006 a procedural variable associated with the surgical procedure based on the surgical context and the perioperative data from the connected surgical devices.
  • the procedural variable can include any aspect or characteristic of the surgical procedure that can vary between individual performances of the surgical procedure type.
  • the procedural variable can include the length of time for the surgical procedure as a whole, the length of time for a particular step of the surgical procedure, the type of surgical instrument being utilized, the costs (e.g., maintenance costs and replacement costs) associated with surgical devices, the type of staple cartridge being utilized in a surgical stapler, the power level or mode of an ultrasonic surgical instrument or an electrosurgical instrument, and the surgical device setup for the procedure (i.e., the preoperative assortment of surgical devices selected for the procedure).
  • the processor 244 can monitor a single procedural variable or multiple procedural variables.
  • the surgical hub 206 can monitor the status of every procedural variable that it has been programmed to determine.
  • the surgical hub 206 can monitor one or more procedural variables that have been selected or programmed by users.
  • the processor 244 compares 210008 the determined procedural variable (or variables) to a corresponding baseline (or baselines).
  • the baseline can correspond to or otherwise depend upon the determined surgical context.
  • the surgical hub 206 can retrieve the baseline corresponding to the procedural variable and the surgical context from its memory 249 .
  • the surgical hub 206 can retrieve the baseline from a cloud computing system, as is described under the heading CLOUD SYSTEM HARDWARE AND FUNCTIONAL MODULES, that is communicably connected to the surgical hub 206 .
  • the cloud computing system can aggregate data across all of the surgical hubs 206 connected thereto and calculate corresponding baselines for the procedural variables of various types of surgical procedures.
  • the baselines for different procedural variables can be determined from the data aggregated from individual surgical hubs 206 or networks of surgical hubs 206 by averaging the data (e.g., the average length of time to complete a step of a surgical procedure), determining the most common instance of the procedural variable (e.g., the most common type of surgical instrument utilized for a surgical procedure or a step thereof), determining which instance of the procedural variable is most correlated with positive procedural outcomes (e.g., the force to fire a surgical stapling and cutting instrument that is associated with the least amount of bleeding for a given tissue type), and so on.
  • averaging the data e.g., the average length of time to complete a step of a surgical procedure
  • determining the most common instance of the procedural variable e.g., the most common type of surgical instrument utilized for a surgical procedure or a step thereof
  • positive procedural outcomes e.g., the force to fire a surgical stapling and cutting instrument that is associated with the least amount of bleeding for
  • the baselines can be aggregated according to surgical metadata (e.g., surgical contextual data determined via situational awareness or patient data from an electronic medical record (EMR)), such as tissue thickness for firings of a surgical instrument and comorbidities suffered by the patient at the time of the surgical procedure, in order to ensure that the determined procedural variables are compared to relevant baselines.
  • surgical metadata e.g., surgical contextual data determined via situational awareness or patient data from an electronic medical record (EMR)
  • EMR electronic medical record
  • the surgical hub 206 can take various actions in response.
  • the processor 244 provides 210010 a notification or recommendation according to whether the determined procedural variable deviates from its corresponding baseline.
  • the recommendation can vary depending upon the particular type of procedural variable that is being compared.
  • the recommendation can be for the user to utilize a different surgical instrument (e.g., an instrument with smaller jaws, a larger maximum articulation angle, or a longer shaft), utilize a different trocar or other access point, change the patient's position on the surgical table (e.g., roll the patient), and so on.
  • the recommendations provided 210010 by the process 210000 illustrated in FIG. 16 can be delivered in real time (i.e., during the course of the surgical procedure).
  • FIG. 17 illustrates a prophetic implementation of the process 210000 where the provided recommendations can be overlaid a displayed live video feed during the course of a surgical procedure, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the video feed can be supplied by, for example, an endoscope 239 ( FIG. 9 ) communicably coupled to the surgical hub 206 that is being utilized to visualize a surgical site 210102 during the surgical procedure.
  • the video feed from the endoscope 239 can be displayed on a hub display 215 ( FIG. 9 ), a local display 217 ( FIG. 10 ), non-sterile displays 107 , 109 ( FIG. 2 ), a sterile primary display 119 ( FIG. 2 ), and other such display devices that are viewable by the surgical staff during the surgical procedure.
  • the surgeon is raising a vessel for transection during a lobectomy procedure.
  • the pulmonary vessels that supply blood to the lobe of the lung that is the subject of the procedure must be dissected out and transected.
  • These pulmonary vessels are typically fragile and have a very high volume of blood flowing through them. Therefore, the dissection is delicate and a mistake can be fatal for the patient.
  • the orientation of the pulmonary vessels is not always predictable, which makes trocar placement difficult to optimize. If the orientation of the pulmonary vessels is poor with respect to the location of the trocars, the surgical procedure may be awkward or especially challenging for the surgeon. Therefore, it would be highly beneficial for a computer system, such as the surgical hub 206 , to recognize when the surgeon performing the particular procedure is having difficulty and provide intraoperative recommendations to assist the surgeon.
  • the surgical hub 206 can monitor a variety of different procedural variables during the course of the surgical procedure. For example, the surgical hub 206 executing the process 210000 can determine that the surgeon is taking longer than the median or average length of time for this particular procedural step. In other words, the surgical step time procedural variable deviates from the baseline step time for the given procedural step.
  • the surgical hub 206 executing the process 210000 can determine that the surgeon is utilizing a different surgical instrument type (i.e., a straight-tip vascular stapler 210106 ) than the most commonly used surgical instrument type for this particular surgical step (i.e., a curved-tip vascular stapler 210108 ).
  • a straight-tip vascular stapler 210106 is a general-purpose stapler, whereas a curved-tip vascular stapler 210108 is specifically designed for this particular type of task.
  • the instrument type procedural variable deviates from the baseline instrument type for the given procedural step.
  • the surgical hub 206 provides a recommendation for the user to utilize a different vascular stapler, specifically, a vascular stapler that has a curved tip.
  • the surgical hub 206 executing the process 210000 can determine that the vascular stapler 210106 has been introduced to and removed from the patient multiple times without being fired and/or that additional dissection is being performed by the surgeon while the stapler is removed. Either of these factors can suggest that the surgeon is struggling with the placement of the vascular stapler 210106 .
  • the procedural variable for the number of times that the surgical instrument is being introduced to/removed from the patient thus deviates from the corresponding baselines for the given procedural step.
  • the procedural variable for the amount of additional dissection being performed thus deviates from the corresponding baselines for the given procedural step.
  • the surgical hub 206 is programmed to determine the recommendation based on the surgical context and the given procedural variables and then access the inventory database of the medical facility to determine whether the recommended alternative is available to the medical facility. If the recommended alternative is not available, the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to not make the recommendation intraoperatively or otherwise record that the alternative surgical device would have been recommended had it been available. If the recommended alternative is available, the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to provide the intraoperative recommendation, as discussed above.
  • the recommendation can be provided as an icon 210104 or graphical overlay on the displayed live video feed. In other aspects, the recommendation can be provided on a separate display, via audio through a speaker, and so on.
  • the surgeon After receiving the recommendation, the surgeon switches to the recommended curved-tip vascular stapler 210108 , as indicated by the third image 210100 c , and then completes the given step of the surgical procedure, as indicated by the fourth image 210100 d of the video feed.
  • the surgical hub 206 could be programmed to determine when the surgical staff is preparing to place the trocars for a laparoscopic procedure (e.g., through situational awareness) or if the surgical staff is having difficulties in performing a procedure due to poor trocar placement. Accordingly, the surgical hub 206 can then recommend placement locations for the trocars and/or specific types of trocars to use on a display coupled to the surgical hub 206 . The recommended placement locations and trocar types can be selected to maximize accessibility to target tissue for the given surgical procedure.
  • the recommendations provided by this implementation of the process 210000 can be based on, for example, preoperative imaging of the target tissue (which can indicate whether a target tissue, such as a lymph node, will be difficult to access), an inference as to the location of the target tissue from outside the body by aligning the preoperative imaging data with the patient, intraoperative imaging of the target tissue (e.g., image data captured via an endoscope 239 ), imaging of the operating room (OR) via a camera assembly (which can include cameras positioned around the OR or cameras worn by the surgical staff, for example), available surgical device types (e.g., whether particular surgical devices are already opened on the prep table or what surgical devices are available in the medical facility), and whether the surgical hub 206 has determined that the surgical staff has been having difficulty with an ongoing procedure (e.g., the duration of time spent on a procedural step or the number of instrument exchanges for the procedural step is deviating from a baseline).
  • preoperative imaging of the target tissue which can indicate whether a target tissue, such as a lymph node,
  • Imaging the OR via a camera assembly can be beneficial to, for example, determine the positioning of the patient on the OR table (e.g., whether the patient is in the Trendelenburg position, supine, or in the lithotomy position), where trocars are already positioned in the patient, potential positions where the surgeons and/or assistants could be located when performing the surgical procedure, and locations of potential obstructions within the OR (which could affect optimal trocar positioning).
  • the surgical hub 206 can also be programmed to provide other types of recommendations based on these procedural variables, such as an alternative surgical device (e.g., a different grasper with smaller jaws, a surgical instrument having a larger maximum articulation angle, or a surgical instrument having a longer shaft), shifting the position of a surgical instrument with respect to the currently placed trocars (e.g., moving a surgical instrument from one trocar to another trocar), shifting the position of the patient on the surgical table (e.g., increase the angle of the table or roll the patient), and so on.
  • an alternative surgical device e.g., a different grasper with smaller jaws, a surgical instrument having a larger maximum articulation angle, or a surgical instrument having a longer shaft
  • shifting the position of a surgical instrument with respect to the currently placed trocars e.g., moving a surgical instrument from one trocar to another trocar
  • shifting the position of the patient on the surgical table e.g., increase the angle of the table or roll the patient
  • the recommendations provided 210010 by the process 210000 illustrated in FIG. 16 can be delivered outside of the surgical procedure, such as during a postoperative playback of the surgical procedure.
  • FIG. 18 illustrates a prophetic implementation of the process 210000 where the recommendations can be provided via a graphical user interface 210200 for replaying a surgical procedure, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • the graphical user interface 210200 can be displayed on a hub display 215 , for example.
  • the graphical user interface 210200 can include the video feed from the surgical procedure (e.g., the video feed captured by the endoscope 239 ) with various graphical controls, icons, and/or prompts thereon or otherwise associated therewith for relaying information to the user or allowing the user to control the video playback.
  • the graphical user interface 210200 can display an icon 210208 relaying surgical contextual information or perioperative data received from the connected surgical devices corresponding to the current time stamp of the displayed video feed.
  • the graphical user interface 210200 can display another icon 210210 relaying the recommendation (e.g., from the process 210000 ) corresponding to the current time stamp of the displayed video feed.
  • the graphical user interface 210200 can display a progress bar 210202 for indicating the particular portion of the video currently being viewed and controlling the displayed video.
  • the progress bar 210202 can include, for example, a slider widget 210206 for controlling the video playback and icons 210204 visually indicating at what points the surgical hub 206 or other computed system determined a monitored procedural variable deviated from its corresponding baseline.
  • the graphical user interface 210200 can be configured to overlay a recommended alternative surgical device over the surgical device shown in the video feed to demonstrate to the surgeon how the step of the procedure could have proceeded differently with the alternative surgical device. Further, the graphical user interface 210200 can combine data from recorded video feeds of multiple surgical procedures to show the surgeon his or her movement or technique patterns, where the surgeon differs from peers, where the surgeon can change his or her patterns to optimize outcomes relative to peers, and/or when and where particular surgical device types, techniques, or positions are strongly correlated with outcomes for the given procedure type or step thereof.
  • the recommendations provided 210010 by the process 210000 illustrated in FIG. 16 can be delivered as reports with historical data, statistics, or other evidence supporting the provided recommendations.
  • FIG. 19 illustrates a prophetic implementation of the process 210000 where the recommendations associated with surgical procedures can be provided via a graphical user interface 210300 for displaying the historical data underlying the recommendation, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure.
  • users may be more likely to adopt the perioperative recommendations provided by the surgical hub 206 .
  • the historical data underlying the recommendations provided by the surgical hub 206 can be provided in a number of different graphical formats, including as graphs, charts, raw data, and so on.
  • the graphical user interface 210300 is displaying a recommendation for which particular type of surgical instrument should be utilized during a particular surgical procedure and the historical data on which the recommendation is based.
  • the graphical user interface 210300 can display a graph 210302 including a vertical axis 210304 indicating the number of instances various types of surgical instruments have been utilized for the surgical procedure and a horizontal axis 210306 indicating the surgical instrument types. Further, the uses for each surgical instrument type can be subdivided by the number of positive and negative procedural outcomes.
  • the recommendation which can be indicated by an icon 210308 within the graphical user interface 210300 , can correspond to the surgical instrument that has been utilized the most times during surgical procedures, is most correlated with positive procedural outcomes, is least correlated with negative procedural outcomes, and so on.
  • the historical data illustrated in the graphical user interface 210300 in FIG. 19 can be provided in addition to intraoperative or postoperative recommendations, as discussed above in FIGS. 17 and 18 , respectively.
  • a user can retrieve the historical data on which a given recommendation is based via, for example, a menu in a graphical user interface displayed by the surgical hub 206 .
  • the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to provide both intraoperative and postoperative recommendations and/or reports to users.
  • the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to provide product information, historical data, and other data associated with alternative surgical instruments recommended for a given surgical procedure.
  • the recommendations that the surgical hub 206 is programmed to provide can be predetermined or set by administrators of the computer network to which the surgical hub 206 is connected, rather than being determined by the computer system itself from the aggregated data.
  • Daniel L. Miller et al. Impact of Powered and Tissue - Specific Endoscopic Stapling Technology on Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Video - Assisted Thoracic Surgery Lobectomy Procedures: A Retrospective, Observational Study , Advances in Therapy, May 2018, 35(5), p. 707-23, demonstrates that a tissue-specific stapler is associated with better patient outcomes and lower hospital costs. Accordingly, a network administrator could program or set a rule that causes any surgical hubs 206 to provide recommendations in accordance with this research.
  • Such predetermined recommendations can be based on external research, such as white papers.
  • the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to provide access to the external research on which the particular recommendations are based via, for example, a link or widget supplied by the graphical user interface providing the intraoperative or postoperative recommendations.
  • a computer system can be configured to collect, analyze, and compare published external research and other data sets against outcomes in the medical facility or the network of surgical hubs 206 .
  • the computer system can, in some aspects, mimic the analytical procedure performed by the particular piece of research to confirm the research. If the research is confirmed, then the computer system can provide recommendations corresponding to the research.
  • the Miller et al. paper referenced above shows that powered staplers are associated with fewer hemostasis-related complications and lower procedure costs, particular instrument types (e.g., powered staplers) are associated with fewer hemostasis-related complications than other instrument types (e.g., manual staplers), and the effect size is larger in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Accordingly, when this research is confirmed, the computer system can automatically implement corresponding recommendations dictated by the research throughout the network of surgical hubs 206 .
  • COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to highlight the specific feature of an alternative product that makes the alternative product superior.
  • the surgical hub 206 could be programmed to indicate that the curved-tip vascular stapler 210108 is recommended over the straight-tip vascular stapler 210106 because its curved tip is easier to maneuver around vascular structures and is easier see than the straight tip.
  • the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to directly compare a variety of statistics between two products as part of the provided recommendation.
  • the surgical hub 206 could be programmed to display the difference in average surgical procedure time, differences in procedural outcomes, and other such statistics for surgeons that utilized the curved-tip vascular stapler 210108 compared to surgeons that utilized the straight-tip vascular stapler 210106 .
  • a computer system executing the process 210000 illustrated in FIG. 16 can provide intraoperative and/or postoperative recommendations for alternative products, such as surgical instruments.
  • a computer system executing the process 210000 can provide recommendations for alternative products in a variety of other contexts.
  • the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to determine what type of product is being utilized, calculate costs associated with the given product, and then recommend an alternative product that performs the same or similar as the given product but has lower associated costs.
  • the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to compare combinations of products to recommend particular product setups that are correlated with improved surgical outcomes, are more cost effective, and so on.
  • a surgical hub 206 can be programmed to identify a first product that is being utilized during the surgical procedure and suggest an additional or second product that complements the function of the first product to provide, for example, better results than using the first product alone.
  • the surgical hub 206 can be programmed to identify the product setup that is going to be utilized for the surgical procedure (e.g., by retrieving a product list from a product or EMR database or visually identifying the surgical products positioned on the prep table via cameras positioned in the OR that are communicably coupled to the surgical hub 206 ), determine whether the identified product setup differs from the baseline product setup for the given surgical procedure (e.g., as determined from the aggregated historical data regarding the surgical procedure type), and then recommend an alternative product setup.
  • the surgical hub 206 could present a statistical report of the improvements that could be expected when utilizing the recommended product setup as compared to the current product setup.
  • the expected improvements could, for example, identify where the evaluated product setup differs from best practices (which can be determined by the computer system from the aggregated data or set by administrators of the computer system) for the given surgical procedure, present the costs associated with the evaluated product setup compared to the recommended product setup, or identify improved surgical outcomes associated with the recommended product setup as compared to the evaluated product setup. Accordingly, the surgical staff can review the recommendations and decide whether they wish to follow them in light of the expected improvements.
  • a computer system executing the process 210000 illustrated in FIG. 16 can be further programmed to indicate the impact of knockoffs and reprocessing on surgical outcomes and provide that data to users.
  • a procedural variable evaluated by the process 210000 can include whether a surgical device being utilized in the surgical procedure is authorized or unauthorized (i.e., is a knockoff or was reprocessed) and the corresponding baseline can be the surgical device being an authorized surgical device.
  • the process 210000 can evaluate whether a surgical device is authorized and, if the surgical device is unauthorized, provide an intraoperative or postoperative recommendation for the surgical staff to instead utilize an authorized surgical device.
  • the surgical hub 206 can provide a variety of qualitative and quantitative evidence supporting the recommendation to not utilize the knockoff or reprocessed surgical device.
  • the computer system executing the process 210000 can be configured to determine or quantify the effects of unauthentic surgical devices.
  • the computer system can detect whether a surgical device has been reprocessed in an authorized manner in a variety of different ways, including whether a usage counter (e.g., stored in the memory of the surgical device) exceeds a limit, which indicates that the surgical device is being used beyond its intended lifespan.
  • the computer system can detect whether a surgical device is a knockoff in a variety of different ways, including whether the surgical device is able to transmit a security key properly identifying the surgical device to the computer system. Accordingly, when the surgical hub 206 detects an unauthorized surgical device in use during a surgical procedure, the surgical hub 206 can record functions of the unauthorized surgical device and the corresponding outcomes.
  • the functions and outcomes of using unauthorized surgical devices can be compared with those resulting from authorized surgical devices and presented to users as reports or as evidence supporting a recommendation to utilize an authorized surgical device.
  • variances between the performance of unauthorized surgical devices and authorized surgical devices could be highlighted in a regularly generated (e.g., compiled weekly) report on the medical facility.
  • the computer system could track the number of times that a surgical device has been resterilized and identify the number of times where resterilization begins to affect the performance of the surgical device.
  • the computer system could show what steps or operations of the procedure were adversely affected by the unauthorized surgical device.
  • the computer system could identify the number of damaged or replaced products in the OR resulting from the unauthorized products.
  • a surgical device is reprocessed through authorized reprocessing channels, the functions and outcomes of the surgical device could be monitored and highlighted in a regularly generated (e.g., compiled weekly) report on the medical facility.
  • the functions and outcomes associated with an individual surgical device can be compared against itself, rather than a baseline defined for the surgical device type, to determine whether there is any degradation in the performance of the surgical device over time.
  • Such analyses can be useful in order to determine when a surgical device should be replaced or undergo maintenance, for example. Reports on functions and outcomes associated with individual surgical devices could be highlighted in a regularly generated (e.g., compiled weekly) report on the medical facility, for example.
  • the computer system can be configured to compare different brands of products and provide recommendations accordingly. For example, the computer system could show when another brand's product delivers the same or better performance at a lower cost than the brand of a given product utilized during a surgical procedure or that is to be used during a surgical procedure.
  • Example 1 A computer system configured to be communicably coupled to a surgical device.
  • the computer system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor.
  • the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to: receive perioperative data from the surgical device; determine a surgical context based at least in part on the perioperative data; determine a procedural variable associated with the surgical context; compare the procedural variable to a baseline for the procedural variable, the baseline corresponding to the surgical context; and provide a notification according to whether the procedural variable deviates from the baseline for the procedural variable.
  • Example 2 The computer system of Example 1, wherein the procedural variable comprises a surgical instrument type being utilized during a surgical procedure.
  • Example 3 The computer system of Example 2, wherein the notification comprises a recommendation for an alternative surgical instrument type for the surgical procedure.
  • Example 4 The computer system of Example 3, wherein the alternative surgical instrument type is associated with improved procedural outcomes for the surgical procedure.
  • Example 5 The computer system of Example 1, wherein the procedural variable comprises a surgical procedure length.
  • Example 6 The computer system of Example 5, wherein the notification comprises a recommendation for an alternative surgical device setup.
  • Example 7 The computer system of Example 1, wherein the procedural variable comprises a cost of surgical devices utilized during a surgical procedure.
  • Example 8 The computer system of Example 7, wherein the notification comprises a recommendation for a less-expensive surgical device setup.
  • Example 9 A computer-implemented method for providing recommendations associated with a surgical procedure, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, perioperative data from a surgical device; determining, by the computer system, a surgical context based at least in part on the perioperative data; determining, by the computer system, a procedural variable associated with the surgical context; comparing, by the computer system, the procedural variable to a baseline for the procedural variable, the baseline corresponding to the surgical context; and providing, by the computer system, a notification according to whether the procedural variable deviates from the baseline for the procedural variable.
  • Example 10 The method of Example 9, wherein the procedural variable comprises a surgical instrument type being utilized during a surgical procedure.
  • Example 11 The method of Example 10, wherein the notification comprises a recommendation for an alternative surgical instrument type for the surgical procedure.
  • Example 12 The method of Example 11, wherein the alternative surgical instrument type is associated with improved procedural outcomes for the surgical procedure.
  • Example 13 The method of Example 9, wherein the procedural variable comprises a surgical procedure length.
  • Example 14 The method of Example 13, wherein the notification comprises a recommendation for an alternative surgical device setup.
  • Example 15 The method of Example 9, wherein the procedural variable comprises a cost of surgical devices utilized during a surgical procedure.
  • Example 16 The method of Example 15, wherein the notification comprises a recommendation for a less-expensive surgical device setup.
  • Example 17 A computer system configured to be communicably coupled to a surgical device and a video camera.
  • the computer system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor.
  • the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computer system to: record a surgical procedure via the video camera; receive perioperative data from the surgical device; determine a surgical context based at least in part on the perioperative data; determine a procedural variable associated with the surgical context; compare the procedural variable to a baseline for the procedural variable, the baseline corresponding to the surgical context; and replay a recording of the surgical procedure, the recording including a notification according to whether the procedural variable deviates from the baseline for the procedural variable.
  • Example 18 The computer system of Example 17, wherein the procedural variable comprises a surgical instrument type being utilized during a surgical procedure.
  • Example 19 The computer system of Example 18, wherein the notification comprises a recommendation for an alternative surgical instrument type for the surgical procedure.
  • Example 20 The computer system of Example 19, wherein the alternative surgical instrument type is associated with improved procedural outcomes for the surgical procedure.
  • Example 21 The computer system of Example 17, wherein the procedural variable comprises a surgical procedure length.
  • Example 22 The computer system of Example 21, wherein the notification comprises a recommendation for an alternative surgical device setup.
  • Example 23 The computer system of Example 17, wherein the procedural variable comprises a cost of surgical devices utilized during a surgical procedure.
  • Example 24 The computer system of Example 23, wherein the notification comprises a recommendation for a less-expensive surgical device setup.
  • a machine-readable medium may include any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer), but is not limited to, floppy diskettes, optical disks, compact disc, read-only memory (CD-ROMs), and magneto-optical disks, read-only memory (ROMs), random access memory (RAM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), magnetic or optical cards, flash memory, or a tangible, machine-readable storage used in the transmission of information over the Internet via electrical, optical, acoustical or other forms of propagated signals (e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.). Accordingly, the non-
  • control circuit may refer to, for example, hardwired circuitry, programmable circuitry (e.g., a computer processor including one or more individual instruction processing cores, processing unit, processor, microcontroller, microcontroller unit, controller, digital signal processor (DSP), programmable logic device (PLD), programmable logic array (PLA), or field programmable gate array (FPGA)), state machine circuitry, firmware that stores instructions executed by programmable circuitry, and any combination thereof.
  • programmable circuitry e.g., a computer processor including one or more individual instruction processing cores, processing unit, processor, microcontroller, microcontroller unit, controller, digital signal processor (DSP), programmable logic device (PLD), programmable logic array (PLA), or field programmable gate array (FPGA)
  • state machine circuitry firmware that stores instructions executed by programmable circuitry, and any combination thereof.
  • the control circuit may, collectively or individually, be embodied as circuitry that forms part of a larger system, for example, an integrated circuit (IC), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a system on-chip (SoC), desktop computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, servers, smart phones, etc.
  • IC integrated circuit
  • ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
  • SoC system on-chip
  • control circuit includes, but is not limited to, electrical circuitry having at least one discrete electrical circuit, electrical circuitry having at least one integrated circuit, electrical circuitry having at least one application specific integrated circuit, electrical circuitry forming a general purpose computing device configured by a computer program (e.g., a general purpose computer configured by a computer program which at least partially carries out processes and/or devices described herein, or a microprocessor configured by a computer program which at least partially carries out processes and/or devices described herein), electrical circuitry forming a memory device (e.g., forms of random access memory), and/or electrical circuitry forming a communications device (e.g., a modem, communications switch, or optical-electrical equipment).
  • a computer program e.g., a general purpose computer configured by a computer program which at least partially carries out processes and/or devices described herein, or a microprocessor configured by a computer program which at least partially carries out processes and/or devices described herein
  • electrical circuitry forming a memory device
  • logic may refer to an app, software, firmware and/or circuitry configured to perform any of the aforementioned operations.
  • Software may be embodied as a software package, code, instructions, instruction sets and/or data recorded on non-transitory computer readable storage medium.
  • Firmware may be embodied as code, instructions or instruction sets and/or data that are hard-coded (e.g., nonvolatile) in memory devices.
  • the terms “component,” “system,” “module” and the like can refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution.
  • an “algorithm” refers to a self-consistent sequence of steps leading to a desired result, where a “step” refers to a manipulation of physical quantities and/or logic states which may, though need not necessarily, take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated. It is common usage to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, or the like. These and similar terms may be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities and/or states.
  • a network may include a packet switched network.
  • the communication devices may be capable of communicating with each other using a selected packet switched network communications protocol.
  • One example communications protocol may include an Ethernet communications protocol which may be capable permitting communication using a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
  • TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
  • the Ethernet protocol may comply or be compatible with the Ethernet standard published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) titled “IEEE 802.3 Standard”, published in December, 2008 and/or later versions of this standard.
  • the communication devices may be capable of communicating with each other using an X.25 communications protocol.
  • the X.25 communications protocol may comply or be compatible with a standard promulgated by the International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T).
  • the communication devices may be capable of communicating with each other using a frame relay communications protocol.
  • the frame relay communications protocol may comply or be compatible with a standard promulgated by Consultative Committee for International Circuit and Telephone (CCITT) and/or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
  • the transceivers may be capable of communicating with each other using an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) communications protocol.
  • ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  • the ATM communications protocol may comply or be compatible with an ATM standard published by the ATM Forum titled “ATM-MPLS Network Interworking 2.0” published August 2001, and/or later versions of this standard.
  • ATM-MPLS Network Interworking 2.0 published August 2001
  • One or more components may be referred to herein as “configured to,” “configurable to,” “operable/operative to,” “adapted/adaptable,” “able to,” “conformable/conformed to,” etc.
  • “configured to” can generally encompass active-state components and/or inactive-state components and/or standby-state components, unless context requires otherwise.
  • proximal and distal are used herein with reference to a clinician manipulating the handle portion of the surgical instrument.
  • proximal refers to the portion closest to the clinician and the term “distal” refers to the portion located away from the clinician.
  • distal refers to the portion located away from the clinician.
  • spatial terms such as “vertical”, “horizontal”, “up”, and “down” may be used herein with respect to the drawings.
  • surgical instruments are used in many orientations and positions, and these terms are not intended to be limiting and/or absolute.
  • any reference to “one aspect,” “an aspect,” “an exemplification,” “one exemplification,” and the like means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the aspect is included in at least one aspect.
  • appearances of the phrases “in one aspect,” “in an aspect,” “in an exemplification,” and “in one exemplification” in various places throughout the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same aspect.
  • the particular features, structures or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more aspects.

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